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OF  THE 


STATE  OF  WYOMING 


1915 


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SCHOOL  LAWS 


OF  THE 


STATE  OF  WYOMING 


Compiled  by 

EDITH  K.  O.  CLARK 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming 


1915 


Wyoming  Labor  Journal  Publishing  Company 
Cheyenne,  Wyoming 


School  Laws  of  Wyoming 


Shall  Have  Free  Access  to  State  Offices— For  What  Purpose. 

Sec.  83.  The  governor  shall  have  free  access  to  the  office 
of  any  state  officer  for  the  inspection  and  examination  of  all 
books,  papers,  records  and  proceedings.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch. 
95,  Sec.  5.] 

May  Require  Reports  to  Be  Made  to  Him — When. 

Sec.  84.  The  governor,  or  either  house  of  the  legislature, 
may,  when  in  the  opinion  of  either  of  them,  the  public  interest 
demands  the  same,  require  any  state  officer,  commission  or 
board  of  a  state  institution,  to  communicate  in  writing  any 
information  concerning  any  subject  pertaining  to  such  office, 
commission  or  board,  as  the  case  may  be.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
5,  Sec.  2.] 

Custodian  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  106.  The  secretary  of  state  shall  be  the  custodian  of 
all  bonds  of  state  officers,  excepting  his  own.  If  at  any  time 
the  sureties  or  any  of  them  upon  any  official  bond  shall  die, 
remove  from  this  state,  become  insolvent  or  from  any  other 
cause  cease  to  possess  the  qualifications  required  by  law,  the 
secretary  of  state  shall  require  the  officer  giving  such  bond 
to  give  a  new  bond  with  such  sureties  as  are  required  by  law. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1687.] 

Investments  of  Land  Funds. 

Sec.  125.  All  permanent  funds  arising  from  the  sale  of 
state  lands  and  any  permanent  addition  thereto,  may,  and 
whenever  practicable,  shall  be  invested  by  the  treasurer  of 
the  state  with  the  approval  of  the  governor  and  attorney  gen- 
eral, in  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  state  of  Wyoming, 
or  in  bonds  issued  by  school  districts  within  the  state  or  reg- 
istered coupon  county  bonds  of  the  state  or  registered  coupon 
municipal  bonds,  issued  by  any  corporate  city  or  town  in  the 
state  of  Wyoming,  or  interest  bearing  warrants  of  his  state. 
The  interest  only  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  for  which  the 
grant  of  lands  was  made.  Provided,  That  all  funds  belonging 
to  the  state  for  public  school  purposes,  the  interest  and  income 

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of  which  only  are  to  be  used,  shall  be  invested  only  in  bonds 
issued  by  school  districts  or  registered  county  bonds  of  the 
state  or  state  sureties  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Invested. 

Sec.  126.  Whenever  in  pursuance  of  any  law  of  the  state, 
authorizing  such  investment,  the  state  treasurer  shall  propose 
to  invest  any  of  the  permanent  state  land  funds  in  bonds  of 
any  school  district  in  the  state,  or  registered  bonds  of  any 
county  in  this  state,  he  shall  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized, 
if  in  his  judgment  it  shall  be  desirable  or  necessary  to  do  so, 
to  offer  and  pay  for  any  such  bonds  out  of  any  such  permanent 
funds,  a  premium  for  the  same  in  such  reasonable  amount  as 
shall  be  deemed  proper  and  necessary  to  secure  such  bonds. 
Provided,  That  the  treasurer  shall  not  pay  for  any  such  bond 
a  price  in  excess  of  their  market  value  at  the  time  of  purchase. 
Such  premium  so  paid  to  be  thereafter  returned  to  the  per- 
manent fund  from  which  it  shall  have  beeu  taken  out  of  the 
first  interest  moneys  received  on  such  bonds,  until  the  per- 
manent fund  is  entirely  reimbursed  for  the  amount  of  the  pre- 
mium so  paid.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  67.] 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

General  Duties. 

Sec.  133.  The  duties  of  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion shall  be  as  follows:  He  shall  file  all  papers,  reports  and 
public  documents  transmitted  to  him  by  the  school  officers  of 
the  several  counties,  each  year,  separately,  and  hold  the  same 
in  readiness  to  be  exhibited  to  the  governor,  or  to  any  com- 
mittees of  either  house  of  the  legislature,  and  shall  keep  a  fair 
record  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  business  of  his  office. 
He  shall  have  a  general  supervision  of  all  the  district  schools 
of  the  state,  and  shall  see  that  the  school  system  is,  as  early 
as  practicable,  put  into  uniform  operation.  He  shall  prepare 
and  have  printed  suitable  forms  for  all  reports  required  by 
law  and  shall  transmit  the  same,  with  such  instructions  in 
reference  to  the  course  of  studies  as  he  may  judge  advisable, 
to  the  several  officers  entrusted  with  their  management  and 
care.  He  shall  make  all  further  rules  and  regulations  that 
may  be  necessary  to  carry  the  law  into  full  effect,  according 
to  its  spirit  and  intent,  which  shall  have  the  same  force  and 
effect  as  though  contained  herein.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3906.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  5 

Disposition  of  Donated  Books,  Maps,  and  School  Apparatus. 

Sec.  134.  One  copy  of  all  books,  maps,  charts  or  school 
apparatus,  which  may  be  received  by  the  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  from  publishers,  inventors  or  manufacturers, 
shall  be  placed  by  him  in  the  public  library  of  the  state.  [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  3907.] 

Distribution  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  135.  On  or  before  the  31st  day  of  March  in  every 
year,  if  there  shall  be  any  money  to  the  credit  of  the  income 
fund,  for  the  use  of  public  schools,  in  the  state  treasury, 
including  the  rents  of  the  unsold  school  lands,  the  state  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction  shall  distribute  such  income 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  state  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  children  of  school  age  in  each,  the  same  to  be  determined 
by  reference  to  the  last  preceding  annual  reports  furnished 
to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  several 
county  superintendents  of  schools.  Such  moneys  so  distributed 
shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer  of  each  county  by  the 
state  treasurer,  upon  the  requisition  to  that  effect  by  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  which  said  requisition 
shall  state  the  county  entitled  thereto,  together  with  the 
amount,  and  the  fund  out  of  which  it  is  to  paid;  and  the 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  at  the  same  time 
notify  each  superintendent  of  schools  that  such  distribution  has 
been  made;  such  requisition  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  war- 
rant of  the  auditor  upon  the  treasurer  covering  the  amount 
of  the  requisition  in  each  case,  and  the  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic instruction  shall  file  such  requisition  with  the  auditor  and 
a  copy  of  the  same  with  the  treasurer.  Upon  such  distribution 
being  made  and  said  money  being  paid  to  the  respective  county 
treasurers,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  each  county 
shall  cause  such  money  to  be  distributed  among  the  several 
school  districts  in  the  county  pro  rata  in  the  same  manner  and 
in  the  same  proportion  as  the  regular  county  school  tax  is  re- 
quired by  law  to  be  distributed.  Provided,  however,  That  any 
law  with  reference  to  the  distribution  of  the  county  school 
tax  which  provides  for  a  certain  amount  to  be  paid  to  each 
school  district  before  the  pro  rata  distribution  of  the  balance 
is  made  shall  not  apply  in  the  case  of  the  distribution  of  said 
money;  Provided,  further,  That  no  apportionment  from  said 
state  fund  shall  be  made  to  any  school  district  for  a  year  in 
which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained  therein  for  at  least 
three  months.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  53,  Sec.  1;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  93.] 


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Salaries — Shall  Deposit  Fees. 

Sec.  136.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  law,  the  governor 
shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  four  thousand  dollars;  the 
secretary  of  state,  state  auditor,  state  treasurer,  and  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  shall  each  receive  an  annual 
salary  of  three  thousand  dollars;  and  the  salaries  of  any  of 
said  officers  shall  not  be  increased  or  diminished  during  the 
period  for  wrhich  they  were  elected,  and  all  fees  and  profits 
arising  from  any  of  said  offices  shall  be  covered  into  the  state 
treasury.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  54,  Sec.  1.] 

Shall  Reside  at  Seat  of  Government. 

Sec.  137.  All  officers  hereafter  elected  to  the  offices  men- 
tioned in  Section  136  shall  reside  at  the  seat  of  government, 
and  shall  keep  their  offices  at  the  state  capitol.  [S.  L.  1909, 
Ch.  54,  Sec.  2.] 

Attorney  General  Legal  Advisor. 

Sec.  145.  The  attorney  general  shall  prosecute  and  de- 
fend all  suits  that  may  be  instituted  by  or  against  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  the  prosecution  and  defense  of  which  is  not  other- 
wise provided  for  by  law,  and  he  shall  represent  the  state  in 
all  criminal  cases  in  the  supreme  court,  and  shall  defend  all 
suits  brought  against  the  state  officers  in  their  official  relations, 
except  suits  brought  against  them  by  the  state.  He  shall  be 
required  to  attend  to  the  interests  of  the  state  in  all  suits, 
actions  or  claims  in  which  the  state  is  or  may  become  interested 
in  either  the  supreme  court  of  the  state,  or  in  any  of  the  United 
States  courts.  He  shall  be  the  legal  adviser  of  all  elective 
and  appointive  state  officers,  and  of  the  prosecuting  attorneys 
of  the  several  counties  of  the  state,  and  shall,  when  requested, 
give  written  opinions  upon  questions  submitted  to  him  by 
such  officers,  and  by  either  branch  of  the  legislature,  when  in 
session.  He  shall  also,  within  thirty  days  next  preceding  the 
meeting  of  the  legislature,  make  a  report  to  the  governor  of  the 
condition  of  affairs  of  his  department,  and  in  said  report  make 
such  suggestions  as  shall  appear  to  him  calculated  to  improve 
the  laws  of  the  state,  and  shall  communicate  to  the  governor 
or  either  house  of  the  legislature,  whenever  requested,  any  in- 
formation concerning  his  office.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  at- 
torney general  to  pay  over  to  the  state  treasurer  all  funds  that 
may  come  into  his  hands  by  reason  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  22,  Sec.  5.] 

Limitation  of  Expense. 

Sec.  249.  No  state  officer  shall  be  authorized  to  create 
any  expense  of  any  kind  or  character  as  a  charge  against  the 


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state  in  excess  of  the  amount  expressly  provided  for  his  use 
as  a  contingent  fund.  Any  officer  creating  an  expense  in  ex- 
cess of  such  amount  shall  be  responsible  for  such  expenditure 
under  his  official  bond;  Provided,  further,  That  the  various 
contingents  must  be  made  to  cover  the  full  period  of  two  years 
for  which  they  are  appropriated,  and  that  any  outgoing  officer 
who  shall  not,  when  his  term  of  office  expires,  have  on  hand 
the  full  sum  of  one-eighth  of  his  entire  contingent,  to  cover 
the  period  to  the  first  day  of  the  following  April,  shall  be 
considered  delinquent,  and  shall  be  h?ld  responsible  as  above 
provided.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  3.] 

Penalty. 

Sec.  250.  Any  person  or  persons,  or  board,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section,  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  dol- 
lars. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  5.] 

Receipts  to  Be  Attached  to  Vouchers. 

Sec.  251.  When  an  appropriation  is  made  by  law  as  a 
contingent  fund  for  any  office  or  officer,  or  board,  or  for  any 
other  purpose,  to  be  expended  for  the  state,  the  officer  or  board 
having  charge  of  such  fund  shall  keep  an  account  therewith, 
showing  when,  to  whom,  and  for  what  purpose  any  portion 
of  said  fund  has  been  expended;  which  account  shall  always 
be  open  to  public  inspection;  and  every  officer  or  person  pre- 
senting any  voucher  to  any  board  for  allowance,  or  to  the 
auditor  for  payment,  shall  have  fixed  thereunto  receipts  for 
all  moneys  expended ;  and  any  and  all  claims  failing  to  comply 
with  this  provision  shall  be  rejected  by  the  auditor,  or  any 
of  said  boards  to  which  such  claims  shall  be  presented ;  if  any 
officer  or  person  shall  make  or  present  any  voucher  for  a 
greater  sum  of  money  than  was  actually  paid  or  expended  for 
the  purpose  stated  or  indicated  in  or  by  such  voucher,  he  shall 
upon  conviction  thereof,  be  deemed  guilty  of  embezzlement 
of  the  amount  so  falsely  included  in  such  voucher  in  the  excess 
actually  paid  or  expended,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the 
penitentiary  not  less  than  five  years.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35, 
Sec.  4.] 

Contingent  Fund. 

Sec.  252.  Whenever  an  appropriation  is  made  as  a  con- 
tingent fund  for  the  use  of  any  state  office,  officer,  board  or 
commission  to  be  expended  for  the  state,  the  officer,  board, 
commission  or  other  agency  having  charge  of  such  fund  shall 
keep  an  accurate  account  thereof  showing  when  and  to  whom 


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and  for  what  purpose  any  portion  of  said  fund  has  been  ex- 
pended and  when  such  expenditure  is  made  as  an  incident 
to  travel  on  business  of  the  state,  a  statement  as  to  the  nature 
and  purpose  of  such  travel,  which  account  shall  always  be  open 
for  public  inspection.  Every  such  officer,  board,  commission 
or  other  agency  having  charge  of  such  fund  shall  file  with 
the  secretary  of  state  not  later  than  the  30th  day  of  November 
in  even  numbered  years,  a  certified  transcript  of  all  items  and 
explanations  appearing  upon  the  original  expense  vouchers 
theretofore  filed  with  the  state  auditor  for  payment,  all  of 
which  shall  be  reconciled  with  the  account  of  the  state  auditor 
at  the  close  of  business  upon  the  date  mentioned.  [S.  L.  1909, 
Ch.  125,  Sec.  1.] 

Publication  of  Accounts. 

Sec.  253.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  state  to 
compile  and  publish  in  pamphlet  form  as  a  public  document, 
all  certified  transcripts  of  accounts  filed  in  his  office  pursuant 
to  Section  252  for  general  distribution  and  to  deliver  a  copy 
thereof  to  each  member  of  the  legislature  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  the  next  succeeding  session.  The  cost  of  such 
publication  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  appropriated  for 
legislative  printing,  the  number  of  copies  not  to  exceed  three 
hundred.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  125,  Sec.  2.] 

Penalty. 

Sec.  254.  Any  state  officer,  or  any  member  of  any  state 
board  of  commission  who  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  two  preceding  sections,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  mis- 
demeanor and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  125,  Sec.  3.] 

Fiscal  Officers  to  Balance  Accounts. 

Sec.  260.  All  fiscal  officers  of  the  state  shall  balance  their 
respective  accounts  at  noon  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  and  at 
noon  on  the  30th  day  of  September  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888, 
Ch.  54,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Fiscal  Reports  to  Governor. 

Sec.  261.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  November,  annu- 
ally, each  fiscal  officer  of  the  state  shall  report  in  writing,  to 
the  governor,  the  condition  of  his  department,  as  required  by 
law,  covering  the  period  since  the  last  report,  and  up  to  and 
including  the  30th  day  of  September.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  54, 
Sec.  3.] 


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Biennial  Reports  of  State  Officers. 

Sec.  262.  Biennially,  011  or  before  the  1st  day  of  Novem- 
ber, immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  legislature,  each 
and  every  state  officer  (except  those  mentioned  in  the  last  pre- 
ceding section),  and  each  and  every  commission  or  board  of  a 
state  institution,  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  governor  of  the 
state,  the  condition  of  his  department,  or  institution,  cov- 
ering the  period  of  two  years  preceding  and  up  to  and  includ- 
ing the  30th  day  of  September  immediately  preceding  the  fil- 
ing of  such  report.  The  reports  thus  required  to  be  filed  shall 
be  in  triplicate,  one  copy  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  gov- 
ernor, one  copy  for  the  use  of  the  senate,  and  one  copy  for  the 
use  of  the  house  of  representatives.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  5,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Salary  Only  Compensation. 

Sec.  263.  The  officers  of  all  state  institutions  shall  each  be 
paid  an  annual  salary,  to  be  fixed  by  law,  and  they  shall  re- 
ceive no  other  compensation,  perquisite  or  allowance  what- 
ever. [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  79,  Sec.  2.] 

State  Officers  to  Be  Paid  Monthly. 

Sec.  264.  Each  state  officer  shall  be  paid  his  salary  or 
compensation  allowed  by  the  constitution  of  this  state  or  by 
law,  in  monthly  installments,  and  the  salary  of  each  officer 
for  each  month  shall  become  due  and  payable  on  the  last  day 
of  each  month  upon  the  presentation  of  his  account  for  the 
salary  or  compensation  for  such  month,  duly  verified  as  pre- 
scribed by  law.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  18,  Sec.  1.] 

Qualifications  of  Sureties. 

Sec.  265.  Each  surety,  when  he  shall  sign  an  official 
bond,  shall  make  affidavit  that  he  is  a  resident  of  this  state; 
that  he  is  worth  the  amount  to  be  secured  by  such  bond,  over 
and  above  all  debts,  liabilities  and  exemptions,  and  that  the 
property  named  in  such  bond  is  situated  in  this  state,  which 
affidavit  shall  be  attached  to  the  bond  and  be  sworn  to  before 
any  officer  authorized  by  law  to  administer  oaths ;  Provided, 
That  any  surety  upon  any  official  bond,  who  shall  wilfully, 
falsely  and  corruptly  make  affidavit  as  to  any  of  the  qualifica- 
tions required  of  him,  as  such,  shall  be  guilty  of  perjury,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  peniten- 
tiary of  the  state  of  Wyoming  for  a  term  of  not  exceeding  ten 
years.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1688.] 

Bonds  to  Be  Given  Before  Entering  Upon  Duties. 

Sec.  266.  No  auditor  or  treasurer  shall  enter  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office  until  he  shall  have  given  bonds,  as  herein- 
before specified.  [R.  S.  1887.  Sec.  1690.] 


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Inventory  of  State  Property. 

Sec.  268.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  each  state  officer 
other  than  the  state  examiner,  and  each  state  board  to  furnish 
to  the  state  examiner  in  the  month  of  April  of  each  year  an 
exact  and  true  inventory  of  all  chattel  property  belonging  to 
the  state  in  his.  her  or  its  possession  or  under  his,  her  or  its 
control  on  the  31st  day  of  March  of  each  year,  which  inven- 
tory so  furnished  shall  give  a  description  of  the  property,  con- 
dition, for  what  purpose  used,  where  situated  and  its  cost. 
Such  inventory  to  account  for  all  property  coming  into  his, 
her  or  its  possession  since  the  report  last  made  as  required  by 
this  section.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  62,  Sec.  2.] 

Deputies. 

Sec.  269.  The  secretary  of  state,  the  state  auditor,  state 
treasurer,  and  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  or 
each  of  them,  may  appoint  a  deputy  to  perform  the  duties 
of  their  respective  offices,  such  state  officers  being  responsible 
to  the  state  for  the  acts  of  such  deputies  appertaining  to  such 
office.  The  board  of  charities  and  reform,  the  state  board  of 
equalization,  and  every  other  board  composed  of  any  or  all  of 
the  state  officers  shall  choose  from  among  the  deputies  of  the 
several  state  officers,  a  person  to  be  clerk  of  such  board,  and 
any  such  deputy  so  chosen  shall  not  receive  any  other  or  fur- 
ther compensation  as  clerk  of  any  such  board;  his  salary  as 
deputy,  as  by  law  provided  being  in  full  for  all  services.*  The 
same  person  shall  not  be  chosen  as  clerk  of  any  two  of  the  fol- 
lowing boards,  to-wit:  Board  of  charities  and  reform  and 
board  of  equalization.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  1.] 

Salaries  of  Deputies. 

Sec.  270.  Such  deputies  shall  each  receive  a  salary  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  per  month  and  no  other 
compensation**  for  any  service  rendered  by  them  to  the  state ; 
said  salary  to  be  payable  monthly,  commencing  on  the  1st  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  1899.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  35,  Sec.  2.] 

Shall  Appoint  Clerks  of  Boards — Compensation. 

Sec.  271.  Whenever  pursuant  to  law,  the  state  board  of 
charities  and  reform  shall  appoint  one  of  the  regularly  ap- 
pointed and  qualified  deputies  of  state  officers  to  act  as  clerk 
of  said  board,  and  whenever  pursuant  to  law,  the  state  board 
of  equalization  shall  appoint  one  of  the  regularly  appointed  and 
qualified  deputies  of  state  officers  to  act  as  clerk  of  said  board. 
In  such  case  the  deputy  so  chosen  to  act  in  said  capacity  shall 

*See  Ch.  74,  S.  L.  1909. 

**S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  74,  and  S.  L.  1911  state  exceptions. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  11 

receive  such  salary  as  may  be  determined  upon  by  the  board 
making  the  appointment,  not  exceeding  three  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments,  in  addition 
to  his  salary  as  a  deputy  state  officer,  as  provided  by  law, 
which  said  salary  as  clerk  shall  be  approved  and  paid  from  the 
funds  at  the  disposal  of  said  boards,  for  contingent  expenses  in 
the  same  manner  that  other  accounts  coming  under  the  juris- 
diction of  said  boards  are  approved  and  paid ;  Provided,  That 
no  deputy  state  officer  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  to  both 
clerkships  referred  to  in  this  section.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  74, 
Sec.  1.] 

Restriction  Upon  Public  Officers  in  Contracting*. 

Sec.  280.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  now  or 
hereafter  holding  any  office,  either  by  election  or  appointment, 
under  the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  state,  to  become  in 
any  manner  interested,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  in  his 
own  name  or  in  the  name  of  any  other  person  or  corporation, 
in  any  contract,  or  the  performance  of  any  work  in  the  mak- 
ing or  letting  of  which  such  officer  may  be  called  upon  to  act 
or  vote.  And  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  such  officer  to  rep- 
resent, either  as  agent  or  otherwise,  any  person,  company  or 
corporation,  in  respect  of  any  application  or  bid  for  any  con- 
tract work  in  regard  to  which  such  officer  may  be  called  upon 
to  vote.  Nor  shall  any  such  officer  take  or  receive,  or  offer 
to  take  or  receive,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money  or 
other  thing  of  value,  as  a  gift  or  bribe,  or  means  of  influencing 
his  vote  or  action  in  his  official  character;  and  any  and  all 
contracts  made  and  procured  in  violation  hereof,  shall  be  null 
and  void.  [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  25.] 

Treasurer's  Bond — Condition. 

Sec.  281.  The  state  treasurer  and  the  treasurer  of  each 
county,  city,  town,  school  district,  and  any  other  public  officer 
having  the  custody  of  moneys,  shall  be  required  to  furnish  a 
bond  in  the  amount  required  by  law,  which  bond  shall  be  con- 
ditioned that  he  shall  faithfully  perform  all  of  the  duties  of 
his  office  as  prescribed  by  law,  and  that  he  will  safely  keep  all 
moneys  which  may  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office, 
that  he  will  promptly  pay  over  to  the  person  or  persons  legally 
authorized  to  receive  the  same,  all  such  moneys  in  the  manner 
provided  by  law,  and  that  he  will  deliver  over  to  his  successor 
in  office  all  moneys  held  by  him  as  such  officer.  Each  of  the 
said  officers,  and  his  bondsmen  and  sureties  respectively,  shall 
be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  and  paying  over  according 
to  law  of  all  funds  which  shall  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue 
of  his  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  1.] 


12  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Who  May  Be  Sureties. 

Sec.  282.  The  sureties  and  bondsmen  on  such  official 
bonds  shall  be  residents  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  who  shall 
duly  qualify  to  own  property  in  the  state  amounting  in  the  ag- 
gregate to  double  the  amount  of  the  bond  upon  which  they  be- 
come sureties.  Provided,  however,  That  any  surety  or  guar- 
anty company,  duly  qualified  to  act  as  surety  or  guarantor  in 
this  state  upon  executing  such  bonds,  shall  be  accepted  in  lieu 
of  such  sureties.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  2.] 

Premium  Payable — How. 

Sec.  283.  When  the  bond  of  the  state  treasurer  or  of  the 
treasurer  of  any  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  in  this 
state  shall  be  furnished  by  a  guaranty  or  surety  company, 
the  premiums  due  such  company  for  furnishing  such  bond  shall 
be  paid  out  of  the  public  funds  of  said  state,  county,  city,  town, 
or  school  district,  respectively;  and  there  is  hereby  appro- 
priated the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  as  a  special  contingent  fund  for 
the  purpose  of  paying  the  premium  upon  the  bond  of  the  state 
treasurer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  3.] 

Condition  of  Bond. 

Sec.  284.  All  bonds  required  by  Sections  281,  282  and  283 
may  be  conditioned  as  follows : 

"Whereas,  The  above  bounden was__ 

; to  the  office  of 

on  the day  of A.  D 

"Now,  therefore,  the  conditions  of  this  obligation  are  such 

that  if  the  said  bounden 

and  his  deputies  shall  well  and  truly  perform  all  the  duties 

of  his  said  office  of as  is  or  may 

be  prescribed  by  law  and  shall  with  all  reasonable  skill,  dili- 
gence, good  faith  and  honesty  safely  keep  and  be  responsible 
for  all  funds  coming  into  the  hands  of  such  officer  by  virtue 
of  his  office ;  and  pay  over  without  delay  to  the  person  or 
persons  authorized  by  law  to  receive  the  same,  all  moneys 
which  may  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  said  office ; 
and  shall  well  and  truly  deliver  to  his  successor  in  office,  or 
such  other  person  or  persons  as  are  authorized  by  law  to  re- 
ceive the  same,  all  moneys,  books,  papers  and  things  of  every 
kind  and  nature  held  by  him  as  such  officer,  the  above  obliga- 
tion to  be  void;  otherwise  to  remain  in  full  force  and  effect.''* 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  94,  Sec.  4.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  13 

Sureties  on  Official  Bonds — How  Released. 

Sec.  285.  Any  surety  upon  the  bond  of  any  state,  county 
or  municipal  officer  shall  be  released  from  further  liability  of 
such  surety  for  such  officer,  by  filing  with  the  person  or  per- 
sons having  authority  to  approve  said  bond,  or  with  whom  said 
bond  is  directed  to  be  filed,  a  notice  that  said  surety  is  unwill- 
ing longer  to  be  security  for  such  state,  county  or  municipal 
officer.  When  any  notice  shall  be  filed  as  aforesaid,  notice 
thereof  shall  immediately  be  given  to  such  state,  county  or 
municipal  officer,  who  shall  thereupon  file  within  fifteen  days 
another  security  to  be  approved  as  provided  by  law.  If  said 
state,  county  or  municipal  officer  shall  not  in  the  manner  afore- 
said file  such  bond  to  be  approved  as  aforesaid,  the  said  office 
shall  become  vacant  and  the  said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in 
manner  as  is  now  provided  by  law.  If  a  new  bond  shall  be 
given  by  any  officer,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  then  the  former 
surety  or  sureties  shall  be  entirely  released  and  discharged 
from  all  liability  incurred  by  such  officer  after  the  time  of  the 
approval  of  said  new  bond,  and  the  sureties  to  the  new  bond 
shall  henceforth  be  liable  as  therein  provided,  after  the  ap- 
proval of  said  new  bond  as  aforesaid.  The  officer,  officers, 
board  or  official  body  where  or  with  whom  said  original  bond 
was  filed  shall  have  power  to  declare  any  office  or  offices 
vacant  as  hereinbefore  provided;  Provided,  That  no  surety 
shall  be  released  from  further  responsibility  until  the  office 
shall  be  declared  vacant  or  a  new  bond  approved  by  the  proper 
authority.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  1.] 

Court  Officers  May  Give  Surety  Bonds — When — Expense. 

Sec.  286.  Any  receiver,  assignee,  guardian,  trustee,  com- 
mittee, executor,  administrator  or  curator  or  other  fiduciary 
required  by  law  or  the  order  of  any  court  or  judge  to  give  a 
bond  or  other  obligation  as  such,  may  include  as  a  part  of 
the  lawful  expense  of  executing  his  trust,  such  reasonable  sum 
paid  a  company  authorized  under  the  laws  of  this  state  so  to 
do,  for  becoming  his  surety  on  such  bond,  as  may  be  allowed 
by  the  court  in  which,  or  a  judge  before  whom  he  is  required  to 
account,  on  bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  or  more,  not  exceed- 
ing one-half  of  one  per  cent,  per  annum ;  on  bonds  of  less  than 
one  thousand  dollars,  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  dollars. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  2.] 

Official  Bonds  in  Surety  Company — Expense. 

Sec.  287.  Any  state,  county,  municipal  or  district  officer 
required  by  law  or  the  order  of  any  state,  county  or  municipal 
council,  board  or  organization  to  give  a  bond  or  other  obliga- 
tion as  such,  may  include  as  a  part  of  the  lawful  expense  of 


14  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

executing  and  performing  the  duties  of  his  office,  such  reason- 
able sum  paid  a  company  authorized  under  the  laws  of  this 
state  so  to  do,  for  becoming  his  surety  on  such  bond  or  obli- 
gation, and  may  pay  such  sum  or  expense  from  any  contingent 
or  other  fund  furnished  by  the  state,  county,  or  municipality 
or  organization  for  the  payment  of  the  lawful  expenses  of  said 
officer,  or  may  upon  proper  presentation  of  a  claim  for  such 
sum  or  expense,  have  the  same  paid  by  any  such  state,  county 
or  municipal  council,  board  or  organization  that  ordered  and 
directed  the  said  bond  or  obligation  to  be  furnished;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  of  bonds  and  obligations  of  all  state, 
county,  municipal  or  other  public  officers  shall  not  exceed  the 
sum  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  amount  of 
such  bond  or  obligation.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9,  Sec.  3.] 

Limitation  on  Expense  of  Bond. 

Sec.  288.  In  all  actions  and  proceedings  wherein  the 
parties  thereto  have  furnished  any  bond,  recognizance,  under- 
taking, stipulation  or  other  obligation,  paying  therefor  to  any 
company  so  authorized  to  do,  a  premium  for  such  bond  or 
obligation,  such  party,  if  entitled  to  recover  costs  in  said  action, 
shall  be  allowed  and  may  tax  and  recover  such  sum  paid 
such  company  for  executing  any  bond,  recognizance,  under- 
taking, stipulation  or  other  obligation  therein  not  exceeding, 
however,  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  on  amount  of  such  bond, 
recognizance,  undertaking,  stipulation  or  other  obligation  on 
bonds  of  one  thousand  dollars  or  more  during  each  year  the 
same  has  been  in  force;  on  bonds  less  than  one  thousand  dol- 
lars, not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  five  dollars.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  9, 
Sec.  4.] 

Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  413.  The  government  of  the  university  shall  vest  in 
a  board  of  nine  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor, 
three,  and  only  three,  of  whom  shall  at  all  times  be  residents 
of  the  county  of  Albany,  together  with  the  president  of  the 
university  and  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
as  members  ex-officio,  as  such  having  the  right  to  speak,  but 
not  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890-91.  Ch.  75,  Sec.  3.] 

Board — Who  Members. 

Sec.  436.  The  governor,  the  secretary  of  state,  the  state 
treasurer,  the  state  auditor  and  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  shall  constitute  and  shall  hereafter  be  known 
as  the  state  board  of  charities  and  reform.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  34, 

Sec.  1.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  15 

Secretary  of  Board. 

Sec.  443.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
be  secretary  of  the  board,  and  shall  keep  a  careful  record  of 
the  transactions  of  the  board  in  a  substantial  and  bound  book, 
to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  which  shall  be  known  as  the 
records  and  proceedings  of  the  state  board  of  charities  and 
reform;  he  shall  countersign  all  papers,  instruments,  or  docu- 
ments approved,  made,  or  directed  by  the  board ;  he  shall  also, 
for  the  board  and  under  its  direction,  make  a  biennial  report 
to  the  governor,  during  the  month  of  December  in  each  even 
numbered  year,  showing  clearly  and  succinctly  the  condition  of 
all  institutions  under  the  control  or  supervision  of  said  board, 
whether  general  or  direct,  giving  the  number  of  inmates  there- 
in, their  ages,  sex,  condition,  religious  belief,  conduct,  and 
all  other  matters  pertaining  thereto,  and  such  report  shall  also 
contain  such  recommendations  as  the  board  may  see  fit  to 
make  to  the  governor,  or  the  legislature,  as  shall  tend  to  ameli- 
orate the  condition  of  the  inmates  of  such  institutions,  that 
may  tend  to  prevent  crime,  and  as  the  claims  of  humanity  and 
the  public  good  may  require.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  5,  Sec.  1.] 

School  Land  Board. 

Sec.  602.  The  governor,  secretary  of  state,  state  treas- 
urer and  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  being  consti- 
tuted a  board  of  land  commissioners  by  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion thirteen,  article  seven,  of  the  constitution  of  the  state, 
they  shall,  as  such  board,  have  the  direction,  control,  lease  and 
disposal  of  all  lands  heretofore  or  hereafter  granted  to  the 
state  for  the  support  and  benefit  of  public  schools.  Said  board 
shall  be  officially  known  and  designated  as  "the  state  board  of 
school  land  commissioners,"  and  shall  have  power  and  au- 
thority to  take  such  official  action,  as  may  be  at  any  time  neces- 
sary, in  making  the  selection  of  lands  granted  to  the  state  for 
public  school  purposes,  or  to  secure  to  the  state  the  transfer 
and  title  of  any  such  lands.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  78,  Sec.  1.] 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS  RELATING  TO  COUNTIES. 

Chapter  38,  Session  Laws,  1911. 
Classification  of  Counties. 

For  the  purpose  of  fixing  the  compensation'  to  be  paid  to 
and  the  fees  to  be  charged  by  county  and  precinct  officers,  the 
counties  of  the  state  are  classified  as  follows : 

1.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than 
twelve  million  dollars  shall  be  counties  of  the  first  class. 


16  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

2.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than 
six  million  dollars  and  not  exceeding  twelve  million  dollars 
shall  be  counties  of  the  second  class. 

3.  Counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  six  million 
dollars,  or  less,  shall  be  counties  of  the  third  class. 

Offices  to  Be  at  County  Seat — Records  Public. 

Sec.  1134.  In  counties  of  the  first,  second  and  third  classes 
the  clerk,  sheriff  and  treasurer  shall,  without  expense  to  such 
officers,  be  furnished  with  offices  in  the  court  house,  or  build- 
ing used  as  such.  Every  sheriff,  county  clerk  and  county  treas- 
urer shall  keep  his  office  at  the  county  seat  of  his  county,  and 
in  the  office  provided  by  the  county ;  if  there  be  none  provided, 
then  at  such  place  as  the  board  of  county  commissioners  may 
direct,  and  they  shall  keep  the  same  open  during  the  usual 
business  hours  of  each  day,  Sundays  and  legal  holidays  ex- 
cepted ;  and  all  books  and  papers  required  to  be  in  their  office, 
shall  be  open  to  the  examination  of  any  persons;  and  if  any 
person  or  officer  shall  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  section,  he  shall  forfeit,  for  each  day  he  so  neglects,  the 
sum  of  five  dollars.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1901 ;  S.  L.  1895.  Ch.  76, 
Sec.  21.] 

Bonds  and  Oaths. 

Sec.  1135.  Every  county  officer  provided  for  by  law  shall, 
before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within  twenty 
days  after  the  commencement  of  the  term  for  which  he  wras 
elected  or  appointed,  execute  and  deposit  his  official  bond,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  and  every  such  officer  shall,  also  writhin  the 
same  time,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  of  office  prescribed  by 
section  twenty  of  article  six  of  the  constitution  of  Wyoming, 
before  some  officer  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  which  oath 
shall  be  endorsed  on  the  back  of  his  certificate  of  election  or 
appointment,  and  shall  be  deposited  with  his  official  bond.  [R. 
S.  1887,  Sec.  1902.] 

Time  of  Qualifying. 

Sec.  1136.  All  county  officers  elected  at  any  general  elec- 
tion, shall  qualify  and  enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  re- 
spective duties  upon  the  first  Monday  in  January  immediately 
following  such  general  election.  [R.  S.  1887,  .Sec".  1903.] 

Vacancies  in  County  Offices — How  Filled. 

Sec.  1137.  When  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  the  office  of 
sheriff,  county  clerk,  county  treasurer,  county  and  prosecuting 
attorney,  or  county  commissioners,  superintendent  of  schools, 
coroner,  surveyor,  road  supervisor,  assessor,  justice  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING  17 

peace,  constable,  or  other  county  or  precinct  officer,  any  such 
vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  in  the  county  in  which  such  vacancy  exists. 
All  such  officers  so  appointed  shall  give  bond,  qualify  and 
enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  respective  duties  as  by  law 
required,  and  shall  continue  in  the  faithful  discharge  of  such 
duties  for  the  balance  of  the  unexpired  term  of  their  respec- 
tive predecessors  in  office.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  51.] 

Note.— See  also  Chap.  112,  page  124. 

Mileage — How  Computed. 

Sec.  1138.  In  all  cases  where  a  mileage  fee  or  mileage  ex- 
pense is  allowed  to  any  state,  county  or  precinct  officer,  it  shall 
not  exceed  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per  mile,  for  each  and  every 
mile  actually  and  necessarily  traveled  in  the  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

In  determining  the  mileage,  it  shall  be  computed  by  the 
nearest  practicable  route,  and  the  "nearest  practicable  route" 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  where  the  route  is  by  railroad,  it 
shall  be  by  the  most  direct  railroad  line ;  where  the  route  shall 
be  partly  by  stage  or  other  conveyance,  then  the  route  shall  be 
the  most  direct  stage  line,  or  other  conveyance,  to  the  nearest 
railroad  station,  and  then  by  rail,  as  above  provided.  [S.  L. 
1897,  Ch.  22.] 

Transportation  Expenses. 

Sec.  1139.  Whenever  a  county  officer  is  allowed  by  law, 
mileage  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
him  to  claim,  or  for  the  board  of  county  commissioners  to  al- 
low, any  amount  for  horse  hire,  livery  or  any  other  and  differ- 
ent transportation  expenses.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  92.] 

Qualification  of  Sureties. 

Sec.  1140.  Sureties  upon  an  official  bond,  must  be  resi- 
dents of  this  state,  and  worth  in  the  aggregate,  double  the 
amount  to  be  secured  by  the  bond,  over  and  above  all  ex- 
emptions, debts  and  liabilities  and  each  surety  shall  make  an 
affidavit  as  to  what  he  is  worth,  over  and  above  all  of  his 
debts,  liabilities  and  exemptions,  which  affidavit  shall  be  en- 
dorsed on  the  bond.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1912.] 

Failure  to  Give  New  Bond  Renders  Office  Vacant. 

Sec.  1141.  Whenever  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  any  county  shall  require  any  new  or  additional  bond  to  be 
given,  as  required  by  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
county  clerk  to  immediately  give  personal  notice  thereof  to 
the  person  required  to  give  such  bond,  and  if  the  bond  so  re- 
quired be  not  given  within  twenty  days  after  the  receipt  of 


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such  notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners to  declare  the  office  for  which  such  bond  is  required 
to  be  given,  vacant,  and  to  cause  such  vacancy  to  be  filled  as 
provided  by  law.  The  person  elected  or  appointed  to  fill  such 
vacancy  upon  qualifying,  as  required  by  law,  shall  hold  his 
office  until  the  next  general  election  in  the  county,  and  until 
his  successor  is  duly  chosen  and  qualified.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
1913.] 

Officer  Filling  Vacancy  to  Give  Bond. 

Sec.  1142.  Every  person  appointed  to  fill  any  vacant  of- 
fice, as  required  by  law,  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  qualify  and  give  bond  in  the  same  manner  as 
though  he  had  been  duly  elected  to  the  same  office,  and  shall 
in  all  things  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  law  relating  to  such 
office.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1914.] 

Perjury  by  Surety. 

Sec.  1143.  Any  surety  upon  any  official  bond,  who  shall 
wilfully,  falsely  and  corruptly  make  affidavits  as  to  any  of  the 
qualifications  required  of  him  as  such,  shall  be  guilty  of  per- 
jury, and  upon  conviction  therefor,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the 
penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  ten  years,  and  not  less 
than  one  year.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1915.] 

Public  Money  to  Be  Paid  Into  Treasury. 

Sec.  1144.  All  county  officers  receiving  money  for  any 
county  in  this  state,  shall  pay  the  same  into  the  county  treas- 
ury of  the  proper  county.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1916.] 

Officers  to  Be  Paid  in  Warrants. 

Sec.  1145.  All  county  officers  of  any  county  in  this  state 
are  prohibited  from  paying  themselves  from  money  belonging 
to  any  county  which  may  be  in  their  hands,  but  shall  receive 
pay  for  all  services  rendered  to  a  county,  in  warrants,  drawn 
upon  the  county  treasurer  by  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers. [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  1917.] 

Official  Year  Defined. 

Sec.  1146.  The  official  year  of  all  county  and  precinct  of- 
ficers shall  commence  on  the  first  Monday  of  January  every 
second  year,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  1918.] 

Copies  of  Records  as  Evidence. 

Sec.  1147.  Copies  of  all  documents,  writs,  proceedings, 
instruments,  papers  and  writings,  duly  filed  or  deposited  in  the 
office  of  any  county  clerk  or  county  treasurer,  and  transcripts 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  19 

from  books  of  records  or  proceedings  kept  by  any  such  officer, 
with  the  seal  of  his  office  affixed,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence 
in  all  cases.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1904.] 

Auditing  Officer  May  Withhold  Salary. 

Sec.  1148.  In  case  any  officer  of  the  state,  or  of  any  county 
or  municipal  corporation  therein,  having  the  custody  of  public 
funds,  shall  be  a  defaulter,  or  in  case  any  public  officer  whose 
duty  it  is  to  pay  into  the  treasury  of  the  state,  county  or 
municipal  corporation,  any  fees  collected  by  him  as  such 
officer,  shall  fail  at  the  time  or  times  required  by  law  to 
pay  over  such  fees  into  the  proper,  public  treasury,  the  officer 
or  officers,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  audit  and  allow  claims 
for  salary  of  any  such  officer  or  to  issue  a  warrant  or  warrants, 
in  payment  of  the  same,  shall  have  authority  to  withhold  the 
salary  due  to  such  officer,  until  such  defalcation,  if  any,  shall 
have  been  satisfied,  or  until  such  fees  so  unlawfully  retained 
by  such  officer  shall  have  been  properly  turned  over  and 
paid  into  the  proper  public  treasury;  and  in  case  the  state 
examiner  shall  have  determined  any  such  defalcation  to  exist, 
or  that  any  such  fees  have  been  improperly  retained  by  any 
public  officer,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  auditing  officer  or 
board  to  withhold  such  salary  until  such  defalcation  shall  have 
been  satisfied,  or  such  fees  shall  have  been  turned  into  the 
proper  public  treasury,  or  unless,  or  until,  a  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  shall  by  judgment  or  decree  arrive  at  a  different 
conclusion  from  that  of  the  state  examiner,  and  adjudge  that 
no  defalcation  or  failure  to  pay  over  fees  existed.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  119,  Sec.  1.] 

Population — How  Determined. 

Sec.  1149.  The  number  of  inhabitants  or  population  of  a 
precinct  for  the  purposes  of  fixing  the  compensation  of  justices 
of  peace  and  constables  provided  by  Sections  5180  to  5182,  in- 
clusive, shall  be  ascertained  by  a  reference  to  the  census  there- 
of last  taken  by  the  United  States,  or  this  state.  In  pre- 
cincts where  the  records  of  the  census,  as  aforesaid,  do  not 
show  the  number  of  inhabitants  or  population,  the  presumption 
shall  be,  until  overcome  by  satisfactory  evidence  to  the  board 
of  county  commissioners,  that  the  population  thereof  is  less 
than  fifteen  hundred.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  22.] 

Assessment — How  Determined. 

Sec.  1150.  The  assessed  valuation  of  a  county  for  the  pur- 
poses of  classification  for  compensation  of  its  officers  shall  be 
ascertained  by  a  reference  to  the  assessment  last  made  before 
the  election  or  appointment  of  the  county  officer  affected  there- 
by. [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  23.] 


20  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Power  to  Appoint  Deputies. 

Sec.  1151.  County  officers  may  appoint  such  deputies, 
and  may  employ  such  assistants  as  they  may  deem  necessary, 
but  no  such  deputies  or  assistants  shall  be  paid  by  the  county, 
excepting  when  specifically  provided  for  by  law.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  74,  Sec.  10.] 

Officers  Responsible  for  Acts  of  Deputies. 

Sec.  1152.  All  county  officers  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
acts  of  their  deputies  and  assistants,  and  shall  be  holden  on 
their  official  bonds  therefor.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  74,  Sec.  11.] 

Power  of  Deputies — Bonds. 

Sec.  1153.  All  deputy  county  officers  shall  have  the  same 
power  and  authority  as  their  principal,  and  all  official  acts 
performed  by  them  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if 
done  by  their  principal.  All  officers  appointing  deputies  and 
assistants  may  require  from  them  a  bond  for  their  own  protec- 
tion, in  such  sums  as  they  may  see  fit.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  74, 
Sec.  12.] 

Powers  and  Compensation  in  Special  Cases. 

Sec.  1154.  Whenever  any  county  officer  shall  be  required 
to  perform  the  official  duties  of  any  other  officer  in  this  state, 
he  shall  for  the  time  being  have  the  same  powers  in  respect 
to  the  duties  of  such  office  as  are  given  by  law  to  the  officer 
whose  duties  he  shall  perform,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
the  same  compensation  for  his  services.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
1906.] 

Official  Bonds  Payable  to  State. 

Sec.  1155.  Every  official  bond  of  any  county  officer,  where 
not  otherwise  provided  by  law,  shall  be  payable  to  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  and  an  action  shall  lie  thereon  to  the  use  of  any 
party  aggrieved,  in  the  name  of  the  people.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
1907.] 

Bonds  of  Revenue  Officers. 

Sec.  1156.  The  several  boards  of  county  commissioners 
of  this  state,  at  any  regular  or  special  meeting,  shall  have 
power,  by  an  order  entered  of  record,  to  require  any  county 
officer,  whose  duty  it  is  to  receive  any  of  the  revenues  of  the 
county,  to  give  bonds,  with  sufficient  sureties  to  the  people  of 
the  state  of  Wyoming,  conditioned  as  now  required  by  law,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  one  and  one-fourth  times  the  amount  of  taxes 
collected,  or  revenues  of  any  kind,  coming  into  his  hands  as 
such  officer.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1910.] 


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Commissioners  May  Require  New  Bonds. 

Sec.  1157,  If  at  any  time  the  sureties  or  any  of  them, 
upon  any  official  bond  shall  die,  remove  from  this  state,  be- 
come insolvent,  or  from  any  other  cause  cease  to  possess  the 
qualifications  required  by  law,  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners shall  require  the  officer  giving  such  bond,  to  give  a 
new  bond,  with  such  sureties  as  are  required  by  law.  [R.  S 
1887,  Sec.  1911.] 

When  Salaries  to  Be  Paid. 

Sec.  1158.  The  salaries  of  county  and  precinct  officers  as 
provided  for  by  law  shall  be  paid  in  equal  monthly  installments 
by  the  county  in  which  they  serve,  and  shall  be  allowed  at  the 
first  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners occurring  after  the  rendition  of  such  service ;  Provided, 
That  in  counties  of  the  third  and  fourth  classes  the  salaries  of 
the  county  and  precinct  officers  may  be  paid  quarterly.  [S.  L. 
1895,  Ch.  76,  Sec.  20.] 

Removal  of  Officers. 

Sec.  1159.  Every  justice  of  the  peace  or  other  county 
officer  not  liable  to  impeachment,  shall  be  removed  from  office 
by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  proper  county, 
if  after  proof  submitted,  they  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  said 
officer  has  been  guilty  of  any  palpable  omission  of  duty  as. 
such  officer,  or  has  been  guilty  of  wilful  or  corrupt  oppression 
or  partiality  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties,  or  has  de- 
manded or  received  any  pay  for  the  performance  of  the  duties 
of  his  office  to  which  he  is  not  entitled  or  for  any  other  act 
which  by  statute  is  in  violation  of  his  official  oath  and  bond. 
[S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  1.] 

Procedure  in  Removal. 

Sec.  1160.  The  accusation  shall  be  presented  to  the  clerk 
of  the  proper  county  in  writing  and  be  subscribed  and  verified 
by  the  person  making  the  same,  whereupon  the  clerk  shall  im- 
mediately notify  the  officer  so  accused  to  appear  before  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  at  the  next  regular  meeting, 
provided  the  same  be  more  than  fifteen  days  from  the  date 
of  such  notice,  and  if  less,  at  the  second  regular  meeting  there- 
after. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  2.] 

Testimony — Vacancy,  How  Filled. 

Sec.  1161.  The  manner  of  taking  testimony  shall  con- 
form to  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  as  set  forth  in  the  justice 
code.  If  a  vacancy  be  declared,  the  commissioners  shall  imme- 
diately proceed  to  fill  the  same  as  provided  by  law,  unless 


22  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

notice  of  appeal  be  immediately  given,  and  said  appeal  per- 
fected as  provided  in  case  of  disallowance  of  claims,  provided 
the  right  to  appeal  to  the  district  court  shall  extend  to  both 
parties.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  7,  Sec.  3.] 

Collector  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  1183.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall  be, 
by  virtue  of  his  office,  collector  of  taxes  therein,  and  shall  per- 
form such  duties  in  that  regard  as  are  prescribed  by  law ;  and 
the  bond  to  be  given  by  such  treasurer,  as  above  provided, 
shall  cover  any  or  all  violation  or  violations  of  his  duties  as 
collector  of  taxes,  and  any  or  all  failure  or  failures  on  his  part 
to  pay  over  to  the  proper  person  or  persons  any  moneys  by  him 
received  as  collector  of  taxes,  and  any  and  all  failure  or  fail- 
ures of  said  treasurer  to  deliver  to  any  person  or  persons  au- 
thorized by  law  to  receive  the  same,  any  books,  papers  or  other 
things  appertaining  to  his  duties  as  collector  of  taxes.  [S.  L. 
1890-91,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  3.] 

Custodian  of  County  Funds. 

Sec.  1186.  The  county  treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys 
belonging  to  the  county  and  state,  from  whatever  sources  they 
may  be  derived,  and  all  moneys  which  may  be  directed  by 
law  to  be  paid  to  him.  All  moneys  received  by  him  for  the 
use  of  the  county,  shall  be  paid  out  by  him  only  011  the  orders 
or  warrants  issued  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  as 
prescribed  by  law,  except  where  special  provisions  for  the  pay- 
ment thereof  shall  be  otherwise  made  by  law.  [S.  L.  1890-91, 
Ch.  45,  Sec.  5.] 

To  Be  Legal  Adviser  of  County  Officers. 

Sec.  1207.  The  county  and  prosecuting  attorney,  upon 
request  of  any  county  officer  of  his  county,  shall,  without  fee, 
give  his  opinion  in  writing  upon  all  questions  of  law  having 
reference  to  the  duties  of  such  officer,  which  may  be  submitted, 
and  shall  file  and  preserve  in  his  office  a  copy  of  all  such  opin- 
ions. [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  1895.] 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 

Session  Laws,  1913.    Chapter  40. 

Sec.  1.  Must  Hold  Teachers'  Certificate.  No  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  shall  receive  compensation  out  of  any 
public  fund  for  his  services  as  county  superintendent  of  schools 
until  he  has  filed  with  the  board  of  countv  commissioners  a 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  23 

Wyoming  teachers'  certificate  of  as  high  a  rank  as  first  class, 
in  full  force  and  effect ;  and  the  said  county  superintendent  of 
schools  shall  be  required  to  have  such  certificate  in  full  force 
and  effect  during  his  term  of  office  to  entitle  him  to  compensa- 
tion out  of  public  funds. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage.  . 

Oath  and  Bond — Prohibited  from  Teaching. 

Sec.  1296.  There  shall  be  in  each  organized  county  a  su- 
perintendent of  public  schools,  who  shall,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office,  take  the  oath  prescribed  by  the  constitu- 
tion and  give  bond  to  the  state  of  Wyoming  in  the  penal  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  all 
duties  required  of  him  by  law  as  such  superintendent,  to  be 
approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  together 
with  his  certificate  of  election  and  oath,  filed  in  the  county 
clerk's  office;  Provided,  That  no  person  shall  at  the  same  time 
hold  the  positions  of  county  superintendent  of  public  schools 
and  teacher  in  any  public  school  in  his  or  her  county.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  1898.] 

Salary. 

Sec.  1297.  County  superintendents  of  schools  shall  re- 
ceive the  following  annual  salaries:  In  counties  of  the  first 
class  nine  hundred  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  second  class  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  counties  of  the  third  class  six 
hundred  dollars,  and  in  counties  of  the  fourth  class  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  together  with  their  actual  and  necessary  traveling 
expenses,  while  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  their  official 
duties,  the  account  for  which  expenses,  before  being  allowed, 
shall  be  stated  in  separate  items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or 
receipts,  for  all  items  amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more,  and 
otherwise  made  comformable  to  the  law.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  18.] 

Duties. 

Sec.  1298.  The  duties  of  the  county  superintendent  shall 
be  as  follows:  He  shall  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of 
July  in  each  year,  transmit  to  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  a  report  containing  an  abstract  of  the  several  par- 
ticulars set  forth  in  the  report  of  the  district  clerks,  together 
with  a  statement  of  the  financial  affairs  of  his  office,  and  such 
suggestions  as  he  shall  think  proper,  relative  to  the  schools  of 
his  county ;  he  shall  distribute  to  the  districts  within  his  county 
such  blank  forms,  circulars  and  other  communications  as  may 
be  transmitted  to  him  for  that  purpose  by  the  superintendent 
of  public  instruction.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  3.] 


24  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Office  and  Records  of  County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 
Session  Laws,  1913,  Chapter  24. 

Sec.  1.  Office  at  County  Seat.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  in  each  county  of  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  to  provide  an  office  for  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  at  the  county  seat,  suitably  equipped  for  properly 
transacting  the  duties  of  the  office  of  county  superintendent, 
and  the  county  superintendent  shall  keep  his  office  open  such 
days  and  parts  of  days  as  may  be  in  his  judgment  for  the 
mutual  advantage  of  himself  and  his  patrons. 

Sec.  2.  Records.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  su- 
perintendent of  schools  to  keep  on  file  in  his  office,  a  full  and 
complete  record  of  the  official  transactions  of  his  office,  includ- 
ing copies  of  all  reports  received  by  him  in  his  official  capacity 
and  made  by  him  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Note.— See  also  Sections  1995,  1996,  1997,  pages  53-54. 

Session  Laws,  1915,  Chapter  159. 

That  Section  1  of  Chapter  fifty-two,  Session  Laws  of  Wyo- 
ming of  1913,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 

Clerk  to  Certify  Number  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  each  school  district,  including  High  School  District, 
to  file  with  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  county 
within  which  such  school  district  lies,  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July  each  year,  a  certificate  showing  the  number  of 
teachers  employed  within  said  school  district  during  the  pre- 
ceding year;  Provided,  that  after  the  year  1913  every  teacher 
for  whom  credit  shall  be  claimed  in  such  certificate  must  have 
been  engaged  in  teaching  in  said  district  for  at  least  six  school 
months  during  the  said  school  year,  or  in  conjunction  with  a 
predecessor  shall  have  taught  for  said  period ; 

Provided  that  in  a  school  district  continuing  a  high  school 
up  to  that  time  previously  conducted  by  a  High  School  Dis- 
trict, of  which  it  was  a  part,  the  six  months  service  in  the 
district  of  each  high  school  teacher  employed  shall  be  esti- 
mated by  crediting  the  teacher  with  the  time  of  service  im- 
mediately preceding,  or  in  conjunction  writh  the  predecessor, 
with  time  of  service  in  the  school  year  preceding  as  teacher 
in  said  High  School  District; 


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And  provided  further,  that  no  credit  shall  be  claimed  for 
a  teacher  in  a  grade  school  where  the  average  number  of 
pupils  in  attendance  during  the  preceding  school  year  has 
been  less  than  six  pupils  per  teacher,  nor  for  a  teacher  in  a 
high  school  where  the  average  attendance  has  been  less  than 
ten  pupils  per  teacher. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 

Session  Laws,  1913,  Chapter  52. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  County  Superintendent.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  said  county  superintendent  to  verify  and  correct 
said  certificate  and  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  in  each 
year  to  file  with  the  county  clerk  a  certificate  showing  the 
number  of  said  teachers  during  the  preceding"  school  year  in 
each  of  the  school  districts,  including  high  school  districts,  in 
the  county. 

Sec.  3.  That  Section  7  of  Chapter  106  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  1911  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 


; ; 


;  Section  7.  County  School  Tax  Limit.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each  county  to 
levy  a  general  school  tax  upon  all  property  within  the  county 
in  an  amount  sufficient  to  raise  three  hundred  dollars  for  each 
teacher  within  said  county  as  certified  to  by  the  county  super- 
intendent of  schools ;  Provided,  That  said  levy  shall  not  exceed 
three  mills  upon  the  dollar." 

Sec.  4.     That  Section  1299,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of 

1910,  as  amended  by  Section  1  of  Chapter  90,  Session  Laws  of 

1911,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

"Section  1299.  Apportionment  of  Taxes.  On  the  first 
Monday  of  February  in  each  year,  commencing  with  the  year 
1914,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  apportion  the 
county  school  tax  and  all  money  in  the  county  treasury  be- 
longing to  the  county  school  fund,  including  poll  taxes,  fines 
and  forfeitures,  among  the  several  school  districts,  including 
high  school  districts,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  teachers 
within  the  respective  districts  during  the  preceding  school  year 
as  determined  by  the  certificate  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  filed  with  the  county  clerk;  he  shall  record  a  state- 
ment of  such  apportionment  in  his  office  and  shall  also  notify 
the  county  treasurer  of  the  same ;  he  shall  thereupon  imme- 


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diately  draw  an  order  on  the  county  treasurer,  in  favor  of  the 
treasurer  of  each  school  district  for  the  amount  due  it  from 
said  funds, -and  transmit  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  the  dis- 
trict, which  draft  the  county  treasurer  shall  pay  to  the  treas- 
urer of  the  school  district  upon  presentation,  properly  en- 
dorsed." 

Sec.  5.  Supplementary  Apportionment.  That  Section 
1300,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  as  amended  by 
Chapter  90  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1911,  be  amended  and  re- 
enacted  as  follows: 

"Section  1300.  Should  no  apportionment  of  the  school 
funds  be  made  on  the  first  Monday  in  February,  as  required  in 
this  chapter,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  make 
an  apportionment  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  in  the  same 
manner  as  hereinbefore  provided.  He  may  also,  at  any  time, 
make  a  supplementary  apportionment  of  the  money  paid  into 
the  county  school  fund  subsequent  to  the  time  of  the  first  ap- 
portionment on  account  of  taxes  or  poll  taxes  due  for  the  pre- 
ceding year,  such  apportionment  to  be  made  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  provided  in  Section  1299. " 

Sec.  6.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  7.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  15. 

Sec.  1.  Duplicate  Remittance  Slips.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  county  superintendents  of  schools  and  county  treasurers 
when  remitting  funds  to  school  district  treasurers  to  advise  the 
clerks  of  such  districts  of  each  and  every  remittance  by  issu- 
ing duplicate  remittance  slips  giving  date  and  amount  of  re- 
mittance, sending  one  with  remittance  to  the  district  treasurer 
and  one  to  the  district  clerk. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

District  Boundary  Board. 
Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  42. 

Sec.  1.  Members  and  Duties.  The  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  and  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall 
constitute  a  board  for  laying  off  their  county  into  convenient 
school  districts,  such  board  to  be  styled  "The  District  Boun- 


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dary  Board."  Said  board  shall  divide  the  county  into  school 
districts,  and  may  alter  and  change  the  boundaries  of  the  dis- 
tricts as  formed  from  time  to  time  as  the  convenience  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  aforesaid  districts  may  require,  and  shall 
proceed  to  make  such  change,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  said 
board  may  seem  wise,  at  any  time  when  petitioned  by  a  ma- 
jority of  the  legal  voters  of  all  the  districts  whether  organized 
and  existing,  or  proposed  which  shall  be  affected  by  such  divi- 
sion or  change  of  boundaries.  And  the  district  boundary  board 
shall  abolish  or  join  in  a  contiguous  district  any  school  dis- 
trict in  which  no  school  has  been  maintained  for  twelve  con- 
secutive months,  and  all  funds  to  the  credit  of  such  district  so 
abolished  or  joined  to  another  district  shall  be  returned  to,  and 
become  a  part  of  the  general  school  fund  of  the  county;  Pro- 
vided, That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  district  boundary  board  from  joining  any  school 
district,  having  less  than  eight  pupils,  to  any  other  school  dis- 
trict lying  contiguous  thereto,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board, 
it  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools  so  to  join  such 
districts. 

Sec.  2.  Chairman  and  Secretary.  The  chairman  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  shall  act  as  chairman  of  the 
district  boundary  board.  The  board  shall  be  authorized  to 
transact  business  as  a  board  when  the  county  superintendent 
and  two  members  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners  are 
present.  The  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall  act  as 
secretary  of  the  district  boundary  board  and  shall  keep  an  ac- 
curate record  showing  the  boundaries  of  all  the  districts  in  his 
county  so  established  and  organized  and  any  revisions  or 
changes  in  boundaries  made  by  the  said  board. 

Sec.  3.  Notice  to  District  Clerk.  When  the  district 
boundary  board  shall  have  established  a  new  district  or  shall 
have  altered  or  changed  the  boundaries  of  any  district  or  dis- 
tricts, the  county  superintendent  shall  promptly  notify,  in 
writing,  the  clerk  of  the  district  board  in  each  of  the  districts 
so  affected,  giving  in  said  notice  the  number  of  the  district  or 
districts  affected  and  describing  their  boundaries. 

Sec.  4.  Corporate  City  in  One  District.  Whenever  the 
district  boundary  board  shall  establish  a  new  district  or  change 
the  boundaries  of  existing  districts,  such  establishment  or 
change  shall  be  made  so  as  to  keep  all  territory,  embraced  in 
any  corporate  city  or  village,  in  one  school  district,  but  the 
district  boundary  board  may  include  in  any  such  school  dis- 


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trict  territory  not  within  such  corporate  boundaries;  and  said 
boundary  board  is  hereby  authorized  to  change  without  pre- 
sentation of  a  petition,  the  boundaries  of  any  school  district 
or  districts  so  that  all  the  territory  embraced  in  a  corporate 
city  or  village  shall  be  in  one  district. 

Sec.  5.  Appeal.  A  majority  of  the  voters  in  any  dis- 
trict affected  by  the  changed  boundary,  or  a  majortiy  of  such 
voters  dissatisfied  by  the  formation  of  any  new  district,  shall 
have  the  right  to  appeal  from  the  district  boundary  board  to 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  whose  decision 
shall  be  final  in  the  matter. 

Sec.  6.  Funds  of  New  Districts.  Whenever  the  district 
boundary  board  shall  have  formed  or  established  a  new  district 
from  districts  already  legally  organized,  the  school  board  of 
such  newly  organized  district  may  draw  the  public  school 
funds  for  paying  teachers  or  other  necessary  legal  school  ex- 
penses from  the  school  treasury  of  the  district  from  which  it 
was  separated  until  such  a  time  as  the  newly  organized  dis- 
trict shall  receive  its  proper  apportionment  of  school  moneys 
and  taxes.  In  like  manner,  any  district  which  is  established 
from  two  or  more  districts  may  draw  the  proper  school  funds 
for  payment  of  teachers  or  other  necessary  legal  school  ex- 
penses from  the  treasury  of  the  districts  to  which  the  said  new 
school  district  formerly  belonged. 

Sec.  7.  Sections  Repealed.  Sections  1301  and  1927  of  the 
Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be,  and  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Recommend  Dismissal  of  Incompetent  Teachers — Visits. 

Sec.  1302.  The  county  superintendent  shall  have  the  gen- 
eral superintendence  of  the  schools  of  the  county,  and  shall 
visit  each  school  at  least  once  in  each  term,  and  shall  have 
power  to  recommend  for  dismissal  all  teachers  he  may  find  to 
be  incompetent ;  Provided,  That  before  any  teacher  shall  be 
dismissed  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  to  specify 
charges,  in  writing,  against  said  teacher,  and  shall  file  the  same 
with  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  school  district  wherein  said 
teacher  is  employed,  and  upon  such  charges  a  hearing  shall 
be  had  in  the  presence  of  the  board,  and  if  in  their  judgment 


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the  charges  as  preferred  are  well  sustained,  then  the  said  board 
may  proceed  to  dismiss  said  teacher.     [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  56.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1303.  Should  he  fail  to  make  his  reports,  as  required 
in  this  chapter,  he  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  suit  shall  be  brought  on  his  official  bond  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  same,  with  damages,  by  the  prosecuting  attor- 
ney. [E,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3915.] 

Supervisory  and  Appellate  Authority. 

Sec.  1304.  He  shall  see  that  the  annual  report  of  the 
clerks  of  the  several  school  districts  in  his  county  are  made 
correctly  and  in  due  time,  and  shall  hear  and  determine  all 
appeals  from  the  decision  of  the  district  boards.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3917.] 

County  Teachers'  Institutes. 
Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  44. 

Sec.  1.  Section  1305  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes 
1910,  is  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

"Section  1305.  County  Teachers' Institutes.  The  county 
superintendent  of  schools  shall  hold  annually  at  some  con- 
venient place  a  county  teachers'  institute  for  the  instruction 
and  advancement  of  teaching.  Said  institute  shall  continue 
not  less  than  four  days  nor  more  than  eight  days.  The  county 
superintendent  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  and  shall  deter- 
mine the  time  and  place  for  holding  such  meetings.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  all  teachers  actually  engaged  in  teaching  or 
having  either  a  written  or  verbal  contract  to  teach  in  such 
county,  to  attend  such  institute,  unless  they  shall  have  a  writ- 
ten excuse  signed  by  the  county  superintendent ;  and  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  may,  at  his  discretion, 
upon  the  written  complaint  of  the  county  superintendent,  re- 
voke the  certificate  or  refuse  to  grant  a  certificate  to  any 
teacher  who  refuses  to  attend  the  county  institute  held  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  Provided,  That  a  cer- 
tificate signed  by  a  regularly  practicing  physician  of  the  in- 
ability of  any  such  teacher  to  attend  such  institute,  or  the 
affidavit  of  two  citizens  of  the  county  that  said  teacher  was  un- 
able to  attend  such  institute  because  of  storms,  floods  or  other 
conditions  beyond  the  control  of  said  teacher,  shall  operate  to 
exempt  said  teacher  from  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Each 
teacher  who  attends  institute  shall  be  given  by  the  county 
superintendent,  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  number  of  days 
of  said  institute  such  teacher  shall  have  been  in  attendance, 


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and  the  board  of  directors  shall  withhold  the  salary  of  any 
teacher  who  shall  not  produce  the  said  certificate  of  attend- 
ance or  an  excuse  from  the  county  superintendent  for  the  time 
that  he  should  have  been  in  attendance  at  the  institute.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  each  district  board  to  pay  all  teachers 
who  attend  such  institute  the  same  salary  per  day  that  would 
have  been  paid  had  the  same  amount  of  time  been  expended 
in  teaching.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  boards  of  com- 
missioners in  each  county  to  appropriate  annually,  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars  ($250.00)  in  counties  having  an  assessed 
valuation  of  more  than  five  million  dollars  ($5,000,000.00)  ;  two 
hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  in  counties  having  an  assessed  valua- 
tion of  more  than  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars 
($2,500,000.00);  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($150.00)  in 
counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than  one  mil- 
lion four  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($1,400,000.00)  and  not 
exceeding  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($2,500,- 
000.00),  for  the  payment  of  such  instructors  or  lecturers  as  the 
county  superintendent  may  employ  to  assist  in  holding  the 
county  institute,  and  no  part  of  the  amount  appropriated  shall 
be  paid  out  by  the  county  commissioners  to  the  lecturers  or 
instructors  or  any  other  expense  incurred  by  the  county  super- 
intendent for  county  institute  purposes  unless  ordered  by  the 
county  superintendent. 

Sec.  2.  Joint  Institutes.  Two  or  more  counties  may,  at 
the  discretion  of  their  county  superintendents,  unite  for  the 
purpose  of  holding  a  joint  annual  institute  at  such  place  as  may 
be  agreed  upon  by  such  superintendents,  and  all  the  provisions 
of  Section  1305  shall  apply  to  such  joint  institute. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  34.] 

May  Appoint  Deputies. 

Sec.  1306.  In  counties  of  the  first,  second  and  third  class, 
the  county  superintendent,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  may  appoint  deputy  county 
superintendents,  to  be  paid  by  the  county  a  compensation  of 
three  dollars  per  diem  while  actually  engaged  as  such  deputy. 
Provided,  however,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  amount  so  ap- 
propriated by  any  county  for  such  deputy  exceed  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in  any  one  year.  [S.  L.  1909, 
Ch.  46,  Sec.  1.] 


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THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY  FOR  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS. 

Session  Laws  1913,  Chapter  53. 

Sec.  1.    State  Superintendent  to  Prepare  Course  of  Study. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction to  prepare  a  course  of  study  for  the  elementary 
schools  of  the  state,  embodying  therein  the  following  subjects: 

Beading. 

Spelling. 

Writing. 

United  States  History. 

Language  and  Grammar. 

Numbers  and  Arithmetic. 

History  and  Civil  Government  of  Wyoming. 

Humane  Treatment  of  Animals. 

Nature  Study  and  Geography. 

Physiology  and  Hygiene,  with  special  instruction  on  the 

effects  of  alcoholic  drinks  and  narcotics. 
Agriculture. 

Sec.  2.  Duty  of  the  County  Superintendent.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  cause  the 
subjects  prescribed  in  the  course  of  study  to  be  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  county  and  the  work  of  instruction  to  be 
pursued  as  planned  therein;  Provided,  That  a  principal  or 
superintendent  of  schools  in  any  district  who  has  supervision 
over  three  or  more  teachers  may  amend  and  change  the  course 
of  study  prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction in  such  manner  as  will,  in  his  judgment,  apply  more 
directly  to  the  local  conditions  of  such  district.  Except  elimi- 
nation of  the  prescribed  subjects. 

Sec.  3.  City  Superintendent  and  Others  Report  Failure. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  city  superintendents  of 
schools  in  the  state  and  of  the  clerk  and  board  of  directors  of 
all  other  educational  institutions  receiving  aid  from  the  state, 
to  report  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  any  failure 
or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  any  school 
district,  or  the  board  of  directors  of  any  educational  institution 
receiving  aid  from  the  state,  to  make  proper  provision  for  the 
teaching  of  those  branches  prescribed  in  the  state  course  of 
study  issued  by  authority  and  through  the  office  of  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  any  or  all  of  the  schools 
or  other  educational  institutions  under  their  charge,  or  over 
which  they  have  jurisdiction. 


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Sec.  4.     Eligibility  to  Share  in  Annual  Apportionment. 

The  comity  superintendent  shall  apportion  annually  his  coun- 
ty's share  of  the  state  school  land  income  fund  only  to  those 
districts  in  which  the  subjects  prescribed  in  this  act  have  been 
taught  as  required,  the  county  superintendent  determining 
from  the  annual  report  of  the  district  officers  the  eligibility 
of  the  districts  to  share  in  the  apportionment. 

Sec.  5.  Repeal.  Sections  1963  and  1964,  Compiled  Stat- 
utes of  Wyoming,  1910,  and  all  other  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be,  and  are 
hereby,  repealed. 

Sec.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  53.] 


COUNTY  LIBRARIES. 

Tax  to  Be  Levied — Amount. 

Sec.  1316.  When  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county 
have  received  proper  and  sufficient  guarantees,  whether  in  the 
form  of  conveyances,  or  bonds  of  citizens,  or  associations  or 
corporations,  that  a  suitable  place  will  be  permanently  fur- 
nished for  the  protection  and  use  of  a  public  library  as  a  con- 
dition precedent  to  their  own  action,  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  levy  annually  a  tax  of  not 
less  than  one-eighth  of  a  mill  nor  more  than  one-half  of  a 
mill  on  the  dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the  county,  for 
the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  a  public  library  to  be 
located  at  the  county  seat  of  such  county.  And  whenever  a 
suitable  place  is  furnished  without  rent  for  the  use  of  any 
county  library,  the  directors  thereof  shall  have  the  power  to 
pay  such  incidental  expenses  as  may  be  necessary  in  keeping  in 
repair  and  properly  janitored,  lighted,  heated  and  cared  for, 
the  place  so  furnished,  and  to  pay  the  expense  thereof  out  of 
the  taxes  levied  hereunder.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Tax  Levied  and  Collected. 

Sec.  1317.  The  tax  authorized  by  the  preceding  section 
shall  be  levied  and  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  county  taxes  of  such  county  are  levied  and 
collected,  and  the  whole  amount  so  collected  shall  be  set  apart 
and  shall  be  designated  the  county  library  fund;  Provided, 
That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  into  author- 
izing any  additional  levy  to  that  now  authorized  by  law.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  2.] 


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Board  of  Directors — Appointment. 

Sec.  1318.  The  control  and  use  of  said  library  fund  shall 
be  entrusted  by  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county  to 
three  competent  and  responsible  citizens  of  the  county,  to  be 
appointed  by  said  commissioners  and  to  constitute  a  board  of 
directors  for  this  purpose.  As  soon  as  appointed  they  shall  in- 
corporate as  a  body,  with  an  appropriate  name.  They  shall 
serve  without  compensation  and  the  treasurer  of  the  board 
shall  give  bonds,  to  be  approved  by  the  county  commissioners, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties.  It  shall  be  their 
duty,  upon  notification  from  the  county  commissioners  that  a 
library  fund  is  at  their  disposal,  to  expend  so  much  of  the  said 
fund  as  shall  be  found  available,  in  the  purchase  of  books,  fur- 
niture, salaries  of  librarian  and  assistants,  and  incidental  ex- 
penses for  the  library  herein  provided  to  be  established ;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  books  so  purchased  shall  be  of  a  kind  best 
suited  to  inform  the  mind  and  improve  the  character  of  the 
reader;  that  neither  sectarian  nor  professional  books  shall  be 
purchased  out  of  such  fund,  and  that  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
per  centum  of  such  fund  so  expended  shall  be  used  for  the  pur- 
chase of  works  of  fiction ;  the  said  trustees  appointed  by  the 
county  commissioners  shall  hold  office,  one-third  for  one  year, 
one-third  for  two  years,  and  one-third  for  three  years  from  the 
1st  day  of  July  following  their  appointment,  and  at  their 
regular  meeting  shall  cast  lots  for  the  respective  terms;  and 
annually  thereafter  the  county  commissioners  shall,  before  the 
1st  day  of  July  of  each  year,  appoint,  as  before,  one  director 
to  take  the  place  of  the  retiring  director,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed.  The 
county  commissioners  may  remove  any  director  for  misconduct 
or  neglect  of  duty.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  686;  S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  3.] 

Donations — Location  of  Library — Librarian. 

Sec.  1319.  The  said  board  of  directors  is  authorized  to  re- 
ceive donations  of  real  estate,  money  or  books,  in  aid  of  the 
establishment  or  maintenance  of  the  library,  for  which  said 
directors  are  hereby  made  responsible,  and,  as  trustees  of  the 
donor,  shall  carefully  observe  the  conditions  accompanying 
every  such  gift,  and  if  any  incorporated  literary  or  library 
association  shall  donate  to  such  county  library,  property  equal 
in  value  to  one  thousand  dollars,  or  shall  annually  contribute 
to  its  resources  a  sum  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars in  money,  such  association  shall  be  entitled  to  name  one 
person  to  be  an  associate  member  of  said  board  of  trustees,  who 
shall  have  all  the  rights,  privileges  and  responsibilities  of  the 


34  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

other  members  thereof.  When  no  provision  can  be  made  for 
otherwise  furnishing  the  library  with  the  necessary  accommo- 
dations for  its  books  and  other  publications,  without  expense 
to  the  library  fund  arising  from  the  public  tax,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  board  of  school  trustees  or  directors  of  the  school 
district  embracing  the  county  seat,  to  provide  accommodations 
for  them  in  the  best  situated  school  building  over  which  such 
board  of  school  trustees  have  control.  The  board  of  directors 
shall  also  appoint  a  competent  person  to  have  the  immediate 
charge  of  the  library,  with  such  duties  and  compensation  for 
services  as  they  shall  fix  and  determine.  [S.  L.  1907,  Cli.  45, 
Sec.  4.] 

Libraries  to  Be  Free. 

Sec.  1320.  Every  library  established  and  maintained  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  free  to  all  residents 
of  the  county  to  which  it  belongs,  on  the  condition  that  such 
persons  comply  with  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  safety 
and  management  of  the  library  as  the  board  of  directors  shall 
prescribe,  which  rules  and  regulations  may  be  enforced  by 
legal  proceedings  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction;  Pro- 
vided, That  in  the  management  of  the  library,  the  best  possible 
provision  shall  be  made  for  the  convenient  use  of  the  books 
thereof  by  the  residents  of  such  county  residing  out  of  the 
town  wherein  the  library  is  situated.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45, 
Sec.  5.] 

Board  of  Directors — Use  of  Books. 

Sec.  1321.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  such  board  of 
directors  to  keep  a  careful  record  of  all  its  doings,  with  dupli- 
cate vouchers  for  all  expenditures,  one  set  of  such  vouchers 
to  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors, the  other  to  be  filed  with  the  county  commissioners  at 
the  end  of  each  calendar  year.  The  board  of  directors  shall 
also,  at  the  end  of  each  year,  report  to  the  county  commis- 
sioners all  the  important  transactions  for  the  previous  twelve 
months,  specifying  in  each  report  the  sum  of  money  received 
from  the  county  library  fund,  also  the  moneys  and  property  re- 
ceived from  other  sources,  the  use  and  disposition  made  of  such 
moneys  and  other  property,  the  number  of  books  and  other 
publications  then  in  the  library,  the  number  of  books  and  other 
publications  added  by  purchase  and  gift  during  the  year,  as 
well  as  the  number  of  books  lost  and  missing,  the  number,  title 
and  cost  of  books,  maps  and  charts  purchased  out  of  the  county 
library  fund,  the  number  of  books  loaned  out,  with  the  gen- 
eral character  of  such  books,  the  number  of  persons  who  have 
drawn  books  from  the  library  during  the  year,  and  the  nuin- 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  35 

ber  of  visitors  thereto,  together  with  such  other  facts  deemed 
of  public  interest,  a  copy  of  which  report  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  clerk  of  said  board  of  county  commissioners  for  pub- 
lication in  at  least  one  paper  of  general  circulation  in  the 
county.  Only  persons  resident  of  the  county  shall  be  allowed 
to  obtain  a  loan  of  books  from  the  library,  and  in  every  case 
when  books  are  lost  or  destroyed  by  such  parties,  or  withheld 
•from  the  library  by  such  persons,  then  in  that  event  such  per- 
sons shall  be  responsible  for  the  loss  of  such  book  or  books, 
and  the  value  of  said  book  or  books  may  be  recovered  by 
proper  action  at  law  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  in 
the  county.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  45,  Sec.  6.] 


PUBLIC  INDEBTEDNESS. 

Indebtedness  in  Excess  of  Constitutional  Limit,  Void. 

Sec.  1353.  Any  indebtedness  created  after  February  21, 
1899,  in  excess  of  the  limitation  of  the  constitution,  by  any 
county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the  state 
of  Wyoming  in  any  current  year,  defined  as  from  the  first  Mon- 
day in  January  of  one  year  to  the  first  Monday  in  January  of 
the  next  year  ensuing,  in  excess  of  that  authorized  by  the  con- 
stitution of  the  state  and  for  the  payment  of  which  there  are  no 
available  revenues,  during  such  current  year,  shall  as  against 
such  county,  city,  town,  village,  or  other  sub-division  of  the 
state,  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  but  any  officer  who  shall  par- 
ticipate in  creating  such  indebtedness,  and  the  sureties  on  his 
official  bond,  shall  be  personally  liable  to  the  holder,  or  holders, 
of  such  indebtedness  as  fully  as  if  such  indebtedness  had  been 
contracted  for  his  individual  benefit.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  89.] 


SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  —  ORGANIZATION  AND  GOVERN- 
MENT. 

Notice  of  Formation  of  New  District. 

Sec.  1926.  "Whenever  a  school  district  shall  be  formed  in 
any  county,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  such 
county  shall,  within  fifteen  days  thereafter,  prepare  a  notice  of 
the  formation  of  such  district,  describing  its  boundaries  and 
stating  the  number  thereof,  and  appointing  a  time  and  place 
for  the  district  meeting.  He  shall  cause  the  notice,  thus  pre- 
pared, to  be  posted  in  at  least  five  public  places  in  the  district, 
at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  appointed  for  such  meeting; 


36  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

and  when  a  joint  district  is  derived  from  portions  of  two  or 
more  counties,  the  county  superintendent  of  each  county,  from 
which  any  portion  of  the  new  district  is  taken,  shall  unite  in 
giving  the  customary  notices  and  the  newr  district  shall  be  num- 
bered by  the  superintendent  of  the  county  having  the  highest 
number  of  districts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3918.] 

First  Election  of  Trustees— Officers  of  District. 

Sec.  1928.  The  qualified  electors  of  a  school  district,  when 
assembled  in  accordance  with  the  notice  required  in  section 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-six,  shall  organize  by  appointing 
a  chairman  and  a  secretary  who  shall  act  as  judges  of  election. 
They  shall  then  by  ballot  elect  three  trustees  possessing  the 
qualifications  of  electors  of  said  district,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  shall  be  recorded  by  the  secretary,  and  they  shall  hold 
their  office  until  the  next  succeeding  annual  district  election 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  The  said 
trustees  shall  constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district  and 
shall,  as  soon  as  they  are  qualified,  choose  from  their  number 
a  director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
77,  Sec.  1.] 

Oath  of  Directors. 

Sec.  1929.  All  directors  of  the  board  shall,  within  ten 
days  after  their  election,  appear  before  some  justice  of  the 
peace  or  other  person  qualified  to  administer  oaths,  and  take 
an  oath  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  and  in 
accordance  with  law,  and  shall,  without  delay,  transmit  a  copy 
of  said  oath  in  writing  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools. 
[S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  2.] 

Annual  Election  of  Trustees — District  Officers. 

Sec.  1930.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  there 
shall  be  elected  in  each  organized  school  district  meeting  011 
the  first  Monday  in  May  of  each  year,  one  trustee,  who  shall 
hold  his  office  for  three  years  and  until  his  successor  is  duly 
elected  and  qualified.  If,  for  any  cause,  the  annual  election 
should  not  be  held  at  the  regular  annual  meeting,  a  special 
meeting  may  be  held  for  that  purpose  if  so  specified  in  the 
notice  for  said  special  meeting.  The  trustees  together  shall 
constitute  a  board  of  directors  for  the  district,  and  shall,  im- 
mediately after  they  are  qualified,  elect  one  of  their  number  a 
director,  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district.  At  the  first  reg- 
ular annual  election  after  a  school  district  is  organized  there 
shall  be  three  trustees  elected,  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the 
term  of  three  years,  and  one  to  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of 
two  years,  and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year  and  until  their 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING  37 

successors  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  thereafter  at  each 
such  annual  meeting  there  shall  be  one  trustee  elected  as  afore- 
said, for  the  term  of  three  years,  as  successor  to  the  outgoing 
member  of  the  board,  and  all  of  said  trustees  herein  men- 
tioned shall  possess  the  qualifications  of  any  elector  in  said 
district,  and  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  the  name  of  each 
elector  voting  for  trustee  shall  be  recorded  by  the  secretary 
of  the  meeting,  and  such  record  shall  be  filed  with  the  district 
clerk.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  3.] 

Election  of  Trustees  Where  Number  Increased  to  Six. 

Sec.  1931.  In  all  school  districts  in  this  state  containing 
a  population  of  one  thousand  or  more,  the  number  of  trustees 
may  be  increased  to  six  at  any  annual  school  election  held 
hereafter,  if  the  majority  of  the  electors  at  such  annual  meet- 
ing, upon  taking  a  vote  by  ballot,  so  decide.  The  electors  shall 
then  proceed  by  ballot  to  elect  one  trustee  for  one  year,  one 
trustee  for  two  years,  and  two  trustees  for  three  years.  At  all 
annual  elections  held  thereafter  there  shall  be  elected  two 
trustees,  who  shall  hold  their  office  for  three  years,  or  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  38.] 

School  District  Seal. 

Sec.  1932.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  board  of  school 
directors  so  increased  to  six  members  to  provide,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  their  district,  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which 

shall  be  engraved  the  words  "School  District  No , 

County,  Wyo.,"  stating  the  number 

of  the  district,  and  the  county  in  which  it  is  situated.  The  seal 
shall  be  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  the  district.  It  shall  be 
affixed  to  all  communications  or  notices  required  by  law  to  be 
sent  or  published  by  such  school  board,  and  to  all  warrants 
drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3923.] 

School  District  to  Be  Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  1933.  Each  school  district  formed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  title  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  body  corporate  by 

the  name  and  style  of  "School  District  No ,  in  the 

County  of and  State  of  Wyoming;" 

and  in  that  name  it  may  hold  property  and  be  a  party  to  suits 
and  contracts.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3925.] 

Regular  Meetings  of  District. 

Sec.  1934.  The  fiscal  year  shall  end  on  the  30th  day  of 
April  and  the  annual  school  meeting  of  each  school  district 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  May  in  each  year.  And, 
when  present,  the  director  and  clerk  shall  preside  as  chairman 


38  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

and  secretary,  respectively,  of  such  meeting.     [S.  L.  1907,  Ch. 
15,  Sec.  1.] 

Powers  of  District  Meeting. 

Sec.  1935.     The   qualified   electors   of  the   district,   when 
assembled,  shall  have  power: 

1.  To  appoint  a  chairman  and  secretary,  in  the  absence 
of  the  regular  officers. 

2.  To  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion  may  re- 
quire. 

3.  To  determine  the  number  of  schools  which  shall  be 
established  in  the  district,  and  the  length  of  time  each  shall  be 
taught. 

4.  To  fix  the  site  of  each  school  house,  taking  into  con- 
sideration in  doing  so,  the  wants  and  necessities  of  the  people 
of  each  portion  of  the  district. 

5.  To  vote  such  sum  of  money  as  the  meeting  shall  deem 
sufficient  for  any  of  the  following  purposes:     To  supply  any 
deficiency  in  the  fund  for  the  payment  of  teachers;  to  pur- 
chase or  lease  a  suitable  site  for  a  school  house,   or  school 
houses;  to  build,  rent  or  purchase  a  school  house,  or  school 
houses,   and  keep  in  repair  and  furnish  the   same  with   the 
necessary  fuel  and  appendages;  for  procuring  libraries  for  the 
schools,  books  and  stationery  for  the  use  of  the  board  and 
district  meetings ;  and  for  the  payment  of  all  other  contingent 
expenses  of  the  district. 

6.  To  direct  the  sale  or  other  disposition  to  be  made  of 
any  school  house,  or  the  site  thereof,  and  of  such  other  prop- 
erty, real  or  personal,  as  may  belong  to  the  district;  and  to 
direct  the  manner  in  which  the  proceeds  arising  therefrom 
shall  be  applied. 

7.  To  vote  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  in 
any  one  year,  to  procure  a  district  library,  consisting  of  such 
books  as  they  may  direct  any  person  to  procure. 

8.  To  delegate  any  and  all  powers  specified  in  the  fore- 
going sub-divisions  to  the  district  board;  Provided,  That  the 
district  board  shall  not  have  power  to  vote  or  raise  money  as 
provided  in  sub-division  five. 

9.  To  transact  generally  such  business  as  may  tend  to 
promote  the  cause  of  education  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  and  succeeding  chapters.     [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3927 ; 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  39 

S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  12;  S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  5;  S.  L.  1903, 
Ch.  63;  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  1.] 

Note :     Bonds  may  not  be  voted  at  regular  district  meeting 
unless  special  notice  is  given.     See  chapter  on  School  District 
Bonds,  page  64. 
Objects  in  Voting  Money  to  Be  Designated. 

Sec.  1936.  In  voting  money,  the  district  meetings  shall 
designate  the  respective  objects  for  which  the  same  is  raised, 
and  the  amount  to  be  raised  for  each  object,  and  the  aggre- 
gate amount  shall  be  assessed  and  collected,  as  provided  by 
law.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3928.] 

Meeting  May  Adopt  Bules  of  Order. 

Sec.  1937.  They  may  adopt  rules  of  order,  not  incom- 
patible with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  and  the  instructions 
of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  for  the  government 
of  district  meetings,  and  may  alter  and  change  the  same  from 
time  to  time  as  occasion  may  require,  and  may  prescribe  the 
manner  of  taking  the  sense  of  the  meeting  upon  any  question; 
Provided,  That  the  last  specification  shall  not  apply  to  the  elec^ 
tion  of  officers.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3929.] 

Transfer  of  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1938.  In  all  cases  where  there  are  moneys  belonging 
to  the  school  house  fund,  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the  dis- 
trict treasurer  of  any  school  district,  and  the  board  of  directors 
thereof  are  satisfied  that  such  moneys  are  not  required  to  build 
a  school  house  or  school  houses,  in  said  district,  or  repair  or 
furnish  the  same,  such  moneys  may  be  transferred  and  accred- 
ited to  the  teachers'  fund,  and  applied  to  the  payment  of 
teachers.  And  the  board  may  also  in  like  manner  transfer  a 
surplus  of  the  teachers'  fund  to  the  fund  for  building  school 
houses  when  required.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3930.] 

Manner  of  Conducting1  Annual  Meeting — Election  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  1939.  At  the  regular  district  meeting  of  school  dis- 
tricts in  each  year,  at  the  time  now  provided  by  law  for  the 
election  of  trustees,  such  district  meeting  shall  be  opened  by 
proclamation  of  the  trustees,  at  the  hour  named  in  the  pub- 
lished or  posted  notice  for  the  meeting.  And  the  order  of 
business  at  such  meeting  shall  be : 

1.  Reading  and  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  clerk 
and  treasurer. 

2.  Voting  of  money  to  be  raised  by  special  tax. 

3.  Election  of  trustee  or  trustees. 

4.  Miscellaneous  business. 

•      [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  73,  Sec.  1.] 


40  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Qualification  of  Electors. 

Sec.  1940.  All  school  district  elections  shall  be  carried  on 
as  provided  by  law,  and  the  qualifications  of  voters  at  such 
elections  shall  be  the  same  as  at  any  other  election,  and  in  ad- 
dition thereto,  such  voter  shall  be  in  possession  of  a  tax  re- 
ceipt, from  the  tax  collector  of  the  county  in  which  such  elec- 
tion is  being  held,  showing  that  such  voter  is  a  property  owner 
in  such  school  district ;  Provided,  however,  That  the  tax  quali- 
fication mentioned  in  this  section  shall  apply  only  to  questions 
of  special  school  tax  appropriations  of  money  and  bonding 
such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  179;  R.  S.  1899, 
Sec.  536;  S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  1.] 

Directors  Shall  Qualify. 

Sec.  1941.  Said  directors  shall  qualify  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed for  directors  elected  upon  the  formation  of  a  new 
school  district ;  and  in  case  they  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so  they 
shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3934; 
R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  538.] 

Meeting  of  Board. 

Sec.  1942.  The  board  of  directors  may  hold  such  regular, 
special  or  adjourned  meetings  as  they  may  from  time  to  time 
determine.  [R,  S.  1887,  Sec.  3935.] 

Powers  and  Duties  of  District  Board. 

Sec.  1943.  The  district  board  shall  make  all  contracts, 
purchases,  payments  and  sales,  necessary  to  carry  out  every 
vote  of  the  district,  for  procuring  any  site  for  a  school  house, 
renting,  repairing  or  furnishing  the  same,  and  disposing  there- 
of, or  for  keeping  a  school  therein,  and  performing  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  delegated  to  them  bv  the  district  meeting. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3936.] 

Members  of  Board  May  Administer  Oaths. 

Sec.  1944.  The  trustees  of  school  districts  are  hereby  sev- 
erally authorized  to  administer  oaths  within  their  respective 
counties  in  any  and  all  matters  pertaining  to  their  respective 
districts  and  the  business  thereof,  where  an  oath  is  or  shall 
be  required  by  law.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  4.] 

Authority  of  Board  to  Remove  Scholars. 

Sec.  1945.  The  district  board  shall  have  power  to  admit 
scholars  from  adjoining  districts,  and  remove  scholars  for  dis- 
orderly conduct ;  and  when  scholars  are  admitted  from  other 
districts  the  district  board  may,  in  their  discretion,  require  a 
tuition  fee  from  such  scholars.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3937.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING  41 

When  Board  to  Advertise  for  Bids. 

Sec.  1946.  Whenever  any  school  house  is  to  be  built  or 
any  repairs,  addition  or  improvement  costing  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars,  made  to  any  school  house  or  district  property, 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  district  shall  advertise  for  bids 
for  such  work,  and  in  all  cases  contract  the  same  to  the  lowest 
responsible  bidder.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3938.] 

Settlement  with  Treasurer — Report  to  District  Meeting1. 

Sec.  1947.  They  shall,  from  time  to  time,  examine  the 
books  and  accounts  of  the  treasurer,  and  make  settlement  with 
him,  and  shall,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  district,  present 
to  the  same  a  full  statement  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures 
of  the  district  and  such  other  matters  as  may  be  deemed  im- 
portant, [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3939.] 

Visiting  Committee. 

Sec.  1948.  They  shall  appoint  a  committee  from  their 
own  body  to  visit  the  respective  schools  of  the  district  monthly, 
and  to  aid  the  teachers  in  establishing  and  enforcing  rules  for 
the  government  of  schools,  and  see  that  the  teachers  keep  a 
correct  list  of  the  pupils,  the  time  which  they  attend  school, 
the  branches  of  learning  which  each  is  studying,  and  such  other 
matters  as  may,  in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  tend  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  the  school.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3940.] 

Auditing  and  Payment  of  Claims. 

Sec.  1949.  They  shall  audit  and  allow  all  just  claims 
against  the  district,  and  the  directors  shall  draw  an  order  for 
all  demands  thus  audited,  011  the  district  treasurer.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3942.] 

Special  District  Meetings — Requisites  of  Notice. 

Sec.  1950.  They  shall,  upon  the  written  request  of  five 
legal  voters  of  the  district,  or  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient, 
call  special  meetings  thereof ;  but  in  all  such  cases,  the  notice  of 
such  meeting  shall  clearly  state  the  precise  object  for  which  it 
is  called,  and  time  and  place  at  which  it  is  to  be  held.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3942.] 

Vacancy  on  Board  of  Trustees — How  Filled. 

Sec.  1951.  In  case  a  vacancy  in  any  district  school  board 
shall  be  caused  by  the  resignation,  death  or  otherwise  of  any 
one  of  its  members,  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  district  board,  and  said  appointee  may  legally 
hold  such  office  until  the  next  annual  school  election  following 
said  appointment,  but  no  longer,  and  at  the  annual  election 
said  vacancy  shall  be  filled  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as 


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authorized  by  law  for  the  annual  election  of  school  trustees. 
[S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  58.] 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  1952.  The  district  treasurer  shall  give  bonds  to  the 
district  in  such  penalty  and  with  such  sureties  as  the  board 
of  the  county  commissioners  shall  direct  and  approve,  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  application  of  all  money  which  may 
come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office ;  Provided,  Said 
bonds  shall  not  exceed  one  and  one-quarter  times  the  amount 
of  all  the  school  moneys  handled  by  the  treasurer  in  any  one 
year.  Said  penalty  may  be  increased  from  time  to  time  as  the 
interests  of  the  district  may  require.  The  said  bond,  after 
being  approved  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  shall  be 
filed  with  the  county  treasurer,  and  it  is  hereby  made  unlawful 
for  the  county  treasurer  to  pay  over  any  sums  of  money  out  of 
the  school  fund  to  any  district  treasurer  until  such  bond  shall 
have  been  approved  and  filed  as  herein  provided,  and  in  case 
of  a  breach  in  the  conditions  of  said  bond,  suit  shall  be  brought 
thereon  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county 
in  which  the  district  is  situated,  for  the  benefit  of  said  district. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3945.] 

Establishment  of  High  Schools. 

Sec.  1953.  The  county  superintendent  and  district  board 
of  directors  may  determine  whether  a  school  of  a  higher  grade 
shall  be  established  in  the  district,  the  number  of  teachers  to 
be  employed,  and  the  course  of  instruction  to  be  pursued 
therein,  until  the  meeting  of  the  teachers'  institute,  provided 
for  by  law,  at  which  time  the  institute  shall  determine  the 
studies  to  be  pursued  in  all  schools  of  like  grade  in  the  state ; 
and  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  carry  into  effect  the  determination  of  the  in- 
stitute, as  is  provided  in  other  cases ;  and  the  board  may  erect, 
for  the  purpose,  one  or  more  permanent  school  houses,  and 
shall  cause  such  classification  of  the  pupils  as  they  may  deem 
necessary;  but  in  selecting  the  site  for  such  school  house  or 
school  houses  the  permanent  interest  and  future  welfare  of 
the  people  of  the  entire  district  shall  be  consulted.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3946.] 

Note — This  refers  particularly  to  the  district  high  school, 
and  not  to  the  high  school  as  formed  in  accordance  with  S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67. 

Separate  School  for  Colored  Children. 

Sec.  1954.  When  there  are  fifteen  or  more  colored  chil- 
dren within  any  school  district,  the  board  of  directors  thereof, 


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with  the  approval  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  may 
provide  a  separate  school  for  the  instruction  of  such  colored 
children.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3947.] 

Employment  and  Payment  of  Teachers. 

Sec.  1955.  The  district  board  shall  employ  all  teachers 
necessary  for  the  schools  of  the  district,  and  pay  them  by  draft 
on  the  treasurer.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3948.] 

Free  to  All  Children — Compulsory  Education. 

Sec.  1956.  The  public  schools  of  each  school  district  of 
the  state  shall  at  all  times  be  equally  free  and  accessible  to  all 
children  resident  therein  over  six  and  under  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  district  board  in 
each  district  may  prescribe.  Every  parent,  guardian  or  other 
person  in  this  state  having  control  or  charge  of  any  child  or 
children  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fourteen  years,  in- 
clusive, shall  be  required  to  send  such  child  or  children  to  a 
public,  private  or  parochial  school,  or  to  two  or  more  of  these 
schools,  each  school  year,  during  the  entire  time  that  the  pub- 
lic school  shall  be  in  session  in  the  district  in  which  the  pupil 
resides.  Provided,  That  exceptions  may  be  made  in  the  fol- 
lowing cases :  (1)  Invalids  or  others  to  whom  the  school  room 
might  be  injurious,  may  upon  receipt  of  a  physician's  certifi- 
cate be  excused  by  the  district  board.  (2)  Pupils  to  whom 
the  provisions  of  this  act  might  work  a  hardship  may  be  ex- 
cused by  the  written  consent  of  the  district  board  when  a  re- 
quest stating  the  reason  for  such  excuse  is  presented  by  the 
parent  or  guardian  to  the  district  board.  (3)  Pupils  who  for 
legal  reasons  have  been  excluded  from  the  regular  schools  and 
no  provisions  made  for  the  schooling  of  such  children.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  31,  Sec.  1.] 

Duty  of  Officers — Truancy. 

Sec.  1957.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of  each 
county  and  of  every  deputy  sheriff  and  constable  within  their 
respective  precincts  and  of  any  truant  officer,  if  there  be  any, 
to  see  that  the  provisions  of  sections  1956,  1957  and  1958  are 
complied  with,  and  when  from  personal  knowledge,  or  upon 
reports  or  complaints  of  any  resident  or  teacher  of  the  county, 
or  precinct,  or  district  under  his  supervision,  he  believes  that 
any  child  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  sections  is  habitually 
tardy  or  absent  from  school,  he  shall  immediately  give  writ- 
ten notice  to  the  parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  such  child 
that  the  attendance  of  such  child  at  school  is  required  by  law, 
and  if  within  five  days  after  such  notice  such  parent,  guardian 
or  custodian  does  not  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act, 


44  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

then  such  officer  shall  make  and  file  complaint  against  such 
parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  before  a  justice 
of  the  peace  of  the  proper  county,  or  the  district  court,  for  a 
violation  of  said  provisions.  Provided,  That  only  one  notice 
shall  be  required  as  to  any  child  in  any  one  year.  Any  such 
parent,  guardian  or  custodian  of  any  such  child  who  shall  vio- 
late the  provisions  of  said  sections,  and  after  receiving  such 
notice  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
thereof,  shall  be  adjudged  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  for  any  one  of- 
fense, to  which  may  be  added  in  the  discretion  of  the  court, 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  of  not  more  than  ninety  days 
for  any  offense  after  the  first.  Any  district  board  of  a  school 
district  in  which  there  is  located  a  city  or  town  of  more  than 
2,500  inhabitants,  may  appoint  a  regular  truant  officer  to  carry 
out  the  provisions  of  said  sections,  who  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
district  treasury  such  sum  as  shall  be  provided  in  the  order  for 
his  appointment,  not  exceeding,  however,  the  sum  of  four  dol- 
lars for  each  day  of  actual  service.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  93,  Sec.  2.] 

Enumeration — Delinquent  Pupils. 

Sec.  1958.  On  the  first  day  of  school  in  each  school  dis- 
trict it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  thereof  to  furnish  to  the 
sheriff  or  constable  within  the  proper  precinct,  a  list  of  the 
names  of  children  of  compulsory  school  age  within  the  district 
who  are  enumerated  on  the  regular  enumeration  lists.  At  the 
close  of  the  first  week  of  school  in  such  district,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  each  teacher  therein  to  send  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  a  complete  list  of  pupils  attending  his  or  her 
school,  which  list  shall  be  immediately  forwarded  by  said 
county  superintendent  to  the  proper  sheriff,  deputy  sheriff, 
constable  or  truant  officer,  in  order  that  the  provisions  of  this, 
and  the  two  preceding  sections  may  be  duly  executed;  and  it 
shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  teacher,  or  principal,  if  there 
be  any,  when  a  pupil  has  been  absent  for  three  consecutive 
days,  for  which  absence  there  has  been,  in  the  teacher's  judg- 
ment, no  good  reason  assigned,  or  when  a  pupil  is  habitually 
absent  or  tardy,  to  make  written  report  to  the  truant  officer 
of  the  district  concerning  such  delinquency,  and  it  shall  then 
be  the  duty  of  said  officer  to  proceed  according  to  section 
1957.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  31,  Sec.  2.] 

School  Offenses  Defined— Penalty. 

Sec.  1959.  Any  person  who  shall  use  insulting  and  abusjve 
language  to  and  toward  any  teacher  in  or  about  any  public 
school  house,  or  who  shall  wilfully  disturb  any  public  school 


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or  district  meeting,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Any  person  who  shall  wilfully  break,  cut,  deface,  despoil, 
injure,  damage  or  destroy  any  school  property,  or  who  shall 
cut,  mark,  write  or  otherwise  place  or  put  on,  or  cause  to 
be  placed  or  put  upon,  any  school  property,  any  language  or 
pictures  or  figures  or  signs  of  an  obscene  character,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
shall  pay  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  The  said  fines  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury 
of  the  school  district  in  which  the  offense  was  committed.  [S. 
L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  2,  Sees.  1-2.] 

School  Week  and  Month  Defined. 

Sec.  1960.  Five  days  school  constitute  a  school  week,  and 
twenty  days  a  school  month;  and  it  shall  be  understood  that 
school  is  not  to  be  kept  in  operation  on  Saturdays  or  any  holi- 
day, but  if  a  holiday  fall  upon  a  day  which  would  otherwise 
be  a  school  day,  it  shall  be  counted  as  though  taught.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  159.] 

School  Officers  Shall  Not  Be  Agents  for  School  Supplies- 
Penalty. 

Sec.  1961.  Neither  the  state  superintendent,  or  any  per- 
son in  his  office,  nor  any  county  superintendent,  nor  school 
district  officer,  nor  any  officer  or  teacher  connected  with  any 
public  school,  shall  act  as  agent  or  solicitor  for  the  sale  of  any 
school  books,  maps,  charts,  school  library  books,  school  fur- 
niture, apparatus  or  stationery,  or  furnish  any  assistance  to, 
or  receive  any  reward  therefor,  from  any  author,  publisher, 
bookseller  or  dealer,  doing  the  same.  Every  person  violating 
this  section  shall  forfeit  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  be  liable  to  removal  from 
office  therefor.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  2.] 

State  Treasurer  Shall  Keep  School  Fund. 

Sec.  1962.  The  state  treasurer  shall  keep  a  separate  fund 
to  be  known  as  the  "school  fund,"  and  all  moneys  appropri- 
ated for  school  purposes  shall  be  kept  in  such  fund.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sub-Div.  3,  Sec.  3.] 

Discrimination  on  Account  of  Sex  or  Religious  Belief 
Prohibited. 

Sec.  1965.  In  the  employment  of  teachers  in  the  public 
schools  in  this  state,  no  discrimination  shall  be  made  in  the 
question  of  pay  on  account  of  sex,  nor  on  account  of  the  re- 


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ligious  belief  of  the  applicant  for  the  position  of  teacher,  when 
the  persons  are  equally  qualified,  and  the  labor  is  the  same. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  21.] 

Examinations  Required. 

Sec.  1966.  No  certificate  shall  be  granted  hereafter  to  any 
person  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  Wyoming,  who  shall  not  pass 
a  satisfactory  examination  in  physiology  and  hygiene,  with 
special  reference  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  drinks,  stimulants 
and  narcotics  upon  the  human  system.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3972.] 

Note — This  is  interpreted  not  to  apply  to  those  who  have 
shown  that  efficiency  to  render  them  eligible  to  secure  cer- 
tificates without  examination. 

Teacher's  Report. 

Sec.  1967.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teacher  of  every 
district  school,  or  graded  school,  to  make  out  and  file  with 
the  district  clerk,  at  the  expiration  of  each  term  of  the  school, 
a  full  report  of  the  whole  number  of  scholars  admitted  to  the 
school  during  such  term,  distinguishing  between  male  and  fe- 
male, the  names  of  such  scholars,  the  number  of  days  each 
scholar  attended  the  same,  the  aggregate  number  of  days  of  at- 
tendance of  said  schools,  the  text-books  used,  the  branches 
taught  and  the  number  of  pupils  engaged  in  the  study  of  each 
of  said  branches.  Any  teacher  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  section,  shall  forfeit  his 
or  her  wages  for  teaching  such  school,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
district  board.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3973.] 

Refusal  to  Deliver  Records  to  Successor — Penalty. 

Sec.  1968.  Every  school  district  clerk,  or  treasurer,  who 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  deliver  to  their  successors  in  office, 
all  records  and  books,  belonging  severally  to  their  offices,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3974.] 

Employment  of  Counsel. 

Sec.  1969.  In  all  cases  where  suits  may  be  instituted  by, 
or  against,  any  of  the  school  officers  contemplated  or  created 
by  law,  to  enforce  any  of  the  provisions  herein  contained, 
counsel  may  be  employed,  if  necessary,  by  the  officer  insti- 
tuting the  suit,  and  the  expense  of  the  suit  shall  be  borne  by 
the  district,  county  or  state  in  whose  name,  or  against  whom, 
the  same  may  be  instituted.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3975.] 

Collection  and  Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  1970.  All  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  provided 
by  the  school  laws  may  be  recovered  by  action  in  the  name  of 


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the  people  of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  for  the  use  of  the  proper 
school  district  or  county,  and  when  they  accrue,  belong  to  the 
respective  districts  or  counties  in  which  the  same  may  be  ac- 
crued ;  and  the  treasurer  of  such  districts,  and  the  county  com- 
missioners of  such  counties  are  hereby  authorized  to  receive 
and  apply  the  proceeds  of  such  forfeiture  as  the  interest  of  the 
permanent  fund  is  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  applied.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3976.] 
Officer  Failing  to  Pay  Over  Money— Penalty. 

Sec.  1971.  Any  officer  or  person  collecting  or  receiving 
any  fines,  forfeitures  or  other  moneys  and  refusing  and  fail-' 
ing  to  pay  over  the  same  as  required  by  law,  shall  forfeit 
double  the  amount  so  withheld,  and  interest  thereon  at  the  rate 
of  five  per  cent,  per  month  during  the  time  of  so  withholding 
the  same.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3977.] 

Effect  of  Change  in  County  Boundaries  on  School  Districts. 

Sec.  1972.  If  by  any  act  of  the  state  legislature  changing 
the  boundary  line  or  lines  of  any  county  or  counties,  or  form- 
ing new  counties  from  counties  already  formed,  any  legally 
organized  school  district  is  or  has  been  separated  from  the 
county  to  which  it  then  belonged  and  is  or  has  been  joined  to 
another  county,  the  members  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district  so  separated  from  one  county  and  joined  to  an- 
other county,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  next 
annual  school  election  following  said  change  in  county  boun- 
daries ;  and  until  such  annual  school  election  said  school  board 
may  draw  the  public  school  funds  for  paying  teachers,  or  other 
necessary  legal  school  expenses  from  the  school  treasury  of 
the  county  to  which  said  school  district  formerly  belonged, 
and  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  said  board  would  have 
drawn  and  expended  said  public  moneys  had  no  change  in 
county  boundaries  been  made.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3978.] 

State  Treasurer  Authorized  to  Receive  Donations  for  Schools. 

Sec.  1973.  Whenever  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  any  moneys  or  funds  from  the  United  States 
of  America,  or  from  any  other  source  or  authority,  to  be  ex- 
pended for  the  benefit  of  the  public  schools  of  the  state,  or 
held  or  in  any  manner  applied  for  their  benefit,  the  state  treas- 
urer is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and  receipt  for  such 
moneys  or  funds,  and  to  make  such  application  and  use  of  the 
same  as  may  be  required  by  law.  Should  such  moneys  or 
funds  be  donated  to  the  state,  and  should  the  act  of  donation 
require  such  moneys  or  funds  to  be  applied  or  held,  or  used  in 
a  particular  manner,  they  shall  be  so  applied.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3981.] 


48  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

Liability  of  Treasurer  for  School  Money. 

Sec.  1974.  The  state  treasurer  shall  faithfully  account 
for  all  moneys  or  funds  received  pursuant  to  the  foregoing 
section,  and  he  and  his  sureties  upon  his  official  bond  shall  be 
liable  for  any  failure  to  so  account  for  such  moneys  or  funds. 

[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3982.] 

School  Board  May  Establish  Manual  Training1  Schools. 

Sec.  1975.  The  school  board  of  any  district  in  the  state 
shall  have  power  to  establish  and  locate  industrial  and  manual 
training  schools  in  connection  with  the  public  schools  of  said 
district.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  88.] 

Humane  Treatment  of  Animals  Taught. 

Sec.  1976.  There  shall  be  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Wyoming,  in  addition  to  the  other  branches  of  study  now 
prescribed,  a  system  of  humane  treatment  of  animals,  as  em- 
bodied in  the  laws  of  Wyoming ;  such  instruction  to  consist 
of  not  less  than  two  lessons  of  ten  minutes  each  per  week. 
The  principal  or  teacher  of  every  school  shall  certify  in  his  or 
her  reports  that  such  instruction  has  been  given  in  the  school 
under  his  or  her  control.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  8.] 


DISTRICT  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  DUTIES. 

Director  to  Preside  at  Meetings  and  Countersign  Orders. 

Sec.  1977.  The  director,  when  present,  shall  preside  at 
all  meetings  of  the  board  of  the  district,  and  countersign  all 
orders  on  the  treasury  for  the  payment  of  money.  [R.  S.  1887, 
Sec.  3951.] 

How  Drafts  and  Orders  Drawn. 

Sec.  1978.  All  drafts  and  orders  drawn  011  the  district 
treasurer,  as  required  in  the  foregoing  section,  shall  specify 
the  funds  on  which  they  are  drawn,  and  the  use  for  which 
the  money  is  designated,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  district 
clerk.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3952.] 

By  Whom  District  to  Appear  in  Actions. 

Sec.  1979.  The  director  shall  appear  in  behalf  of  his  dis- 
trict in  all  suits  brought  by  or  against  the  same ;  but  when 
he  is  individually  a  party,  this  duty  shall  be  performed  by  the 
clerk.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3953.] 

Duties  of  Clerk. 

Sec.  1980.  The  clerk  shall  record  all  the  proceedings  of 
the  board  and  of  the  district  meetings  in  books  to  be  kept  for 


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that  purpose,  and  report  in  writing  to  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  the  name  of  the  director  and  treasurer  imme- 
diately after  they  are  chosen  or  elected,  and  he  shall  preserve 
copies  of  all  reports  made  to  the  county  superintendent,  and 
shall  file  all  papers  transmitted  to  him,  by  school  officers  or 
other  persons,  pertaining  to  the  business  of  the  district,  and 
shall  sign  all  drafts,  warrants  and  orders  drawn  by  him.  [S. 
L.  1890,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  4.] 

Clerk  to  Certify  Debt  Limit. 

Sec.  1981.  The  clerk  of  each  school  district  of  each  county 
shall  endorse  a  certificate  upon  every  bond  or  evidence  of  debt 
issued  pursuant  to  law,  that  the  same  is  within  the  lawful 
debt  limit  of  such  school  district,  and  is  issued  according  to 
law.  He  shall  sign  such  certificate  in  his  official  character. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  43,  Sec.  2.] 

Clerks  Shall  Keep  Accounts. 

Sec.  1982.  The  district  clerk  shall  keep  an  accurate  ac- 
count of  all  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  district,  and  shall 
present  the  same  to  the  district  board,  to  be  audited  and  paid 
as  herein  provided,  out  of  the  school  fund.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3955.] 

Notice  of  District  Meetings. 

Sec.  1983.  The  district  clerk  shall  give  ten  days  previous 
notice  of  all  regular  and  special  meetings  of  the  district,  herein 
authorized,  by  posting  up  a  written  notice  in  three  different 
places  therein,  and  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  to  the 
teachers  of  each  school  in  the  district,  to  be  read  once  in  the 
presence  of  the  pupils  thereof.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3956.] 

Duty — District  Clerk. 

Sec.  1984.  The  district  clerk  shall  immediately  after  the 
annual  school  meeting  and  not  later  than  the  fourth  Monday 
in  May  in  each  year,  submit  a  report  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent for  the  past  year  ending  April  30th  next  preceding. 

1.  Of  the  number  of  schools  taught  in  such  district,  the 
number  of  days  each  scholar  attended  the  same,  and  the  ag- 
gregate number  of  days  of  attendance  of  said  school  respec- 
tively, as  certified  by  the  teachers  of  the  several  schools  of 
such  district. 

2.  The  number  of  schools  and  the   branches   taught  in 
each. 

3.  The  number  of  pupils  in  each  school,  and  of  each  sex. 

4.  The  number  of  teachers  employed  in  each  school  and 
the  average  compensation  of  each  per  month. 


50  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

5.  The  number  of  days  the  school  has  been  taught,  and 
by  whom. 

6.  The  average  cost  of  tuition  for  a  pupil,  per  month,  in 
each  school. 

7.  Books  used  in  each  school. 

8.  The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  of  each  school. 

9.  The  aggregate  amount  paid  teachers  during  the  year, 
the  source  from  which  the  same  was  received,  and  the  amount 
of  teachers'  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer. 

10.  The  number  of  district  school  houses  and  the   cost 
of  each. 

11.  The  amount  raised  in  the  district  by  tax  for  the  erec- 
tion of  school  houses,  and  for  other  purposes  authorized  by 
law,  and  such  other  information  as  he  may  deem  useful.     [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  15,  Sec.  2.] 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty. 

Sec.  1.  Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty.  Should  the 
clerk  fail  to  file  his  report,  as  above  directed,  he  shall  forfeit 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars,  and  shall  be  liable  to  make 
good  on  his  official  bond,  all  loss  resulting  to  the  district  for 
such  failure,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  prosecuting  attor- 
ney to  bring  suit  in  both  cases  upon  complaint  by  the  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  the 
complaint. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage.  [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  92.] 

Note — Local  authorities  may,  at  their  discretion,  require 
this  bond. 

Duties  of  the  Treasurer — Publication  of  Report. 

Sec.  1986.  The  treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  of  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  district,  and  shall  pay  out  the  same 
upon  the  order  of  the  clerk,  countersigned  by  the  director ;  and 
shall  keep  an  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  thereof, 
in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  cause  to  be  pub- 
lished in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county 
wherein  such  school  district  is  situate,  on  the  first  week  of 
July  in  each  year,  a  full  and  true  report  of  the  receipts  and 
disbursements  of  said  district  for  the  year  next  preceding  such 
report.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3959.] 

Teachers'  Fund. 

Sec.  1987.  The  moneys  for  the  payment  of  teachers  shall 
be  called  the  "teachers'  fund,"  and  the  treasurer  shall  keep 


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distinct  and  separate  accounts  with  them;  arid  no  warrant  for 
money  shall  be  paid  by  the  treasurer  which  does  not  specify 
the  fund  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  the  specific  use  to  which  it 
is  to  be  applied.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3960.] 

School  House  Fund. 

Sec.  1988.  The  school  house  fund  shall  consist  only  of 
taxes  collected  in  the  district ;  and  all  other  school  moneys  be- 
longing to  the  district  shall  go  to  the  teachers'  fund,  and  shall 
be  applied  to  no  other  use  except  to  pay  the  wages  of  school 
teachers  in  the  district.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3961.] 

Treasurer  to  Receive  District  Money. 

Sec.  1989.  The  district  reasurer  shall  apply  for,  and  re- 
ceive all  money  apportioned  to  the  district,  by  the  county 
superintendent,  when  notified  of  said  apportionment.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3962.] 

Treasurer  to  Render  Statement  on  Request. 

Sec.  1990.  The  district  treasurer  shall  render  a  statement 
of  the  finances  of  the  district  as  shown  by  the  records  of  his 
office,  at  any  time  when  required  by  the  district  board.  [R.  S. 
1887,  Sec.  3963.] 

Flag  to  Be  Displayed  on  School  House. 

Sec.  1991.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  trustees,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  such  district,  in  each  school  district  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  to  cause  the  American  flag  to  be  placed  in  a  proper 
and  suitable  manner  upon  each  school  house,  flag  staff  or 
tower,  in  such  respective  school  districts  in  the  state  of  Wyo- 
ming. And  they  shall  cause  said  flag  to  be  hoisted  upon  each 
of  said  school  house  or  school  houses,  flag  staff  or  tower,  in 
such  respective  districts,  during  the  time  when  school  shall  be 
in  session.  [S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  83,  Sec.  1.] 

Annual  Enumeration — Children. 

Sec.  1992.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
each  school  district  in  this  state  to  cause  to  be  made  during 
the  month  of  April  in  each  year  a  full  and  true  enumeration 
of  all  children  of  school  age,  to-wit:  those  between  the  ages 
of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  in  their  respective  districts.  Such 
enumeration  shall  be  in  duplicate  and  in  such  form  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
and  shall  set  forth  and  state  the  name,  age,  sex  and  residence 
of  each  child  enumerated,  and  the  same  shall  bear  a  certificate 
signed  by  all  or  a  majority  of  the  trustees  of  such  school  dis- 
trict to  the  effect  that  it  has  been  examined  by  the  board  of 
trustees  of  such  district  and  found  to  be  according  to  the  best 


52  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

judgment  and  belief  of  the  subscribers  a  full,  true  and  correct 
enumeration  of  all  the  children  of  school  age  in  their  district. 
One  of  the  duplicate  copies  of  said  enumeration  shall  be  filed 
by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district  with  the  other  papers  and 
records  of  the  district  in  his  custody  and  the  other  shall  by  said 
clerk  be  transmitted  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
of  his  county  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of  May  in  each 
year.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  1.] 

Employ  an  Enumerator. 

Sec.  1993.  The  board  of  trustees  of  each  district  shall,  if 
in  its  judgment  it  is  necessary  so  to  do,  have  power  to  employ 
a  suitable  person  or  persons  for  such  time  as  may  be  actually 
necessary  to  make  such  enumeration  for  such  district  and  re- 
turn the  same  to  the  said  board ;  such  person  so  employed  shall 
before  commencing  the  making  of  such  enumeration  take,  sub- 
scribe and  file  with  the  district  clerk  an  oath  in  writing  to  the 
effect  that  he  will  faithfully,  diligently,  truly  and  to  the  best  of 
his  skill  and  ability  perform  his  duty  as  such  enumerator.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  2.] 

False  Enumeration — Penalty. 

Sec.  1994.  Any  trustee  of  any  school  district  or  any  enu- 
merator employed  to  make  or  assist  in  making  the  enumera- 
tion for  any  district  who  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully  make 
any  false  enumeration  of  the  children  of  school  age  in  such 
district  or  who  shall  certify  to  the  correctness  and  truthfulness 
of  any  such  enumeration  knowing  the  same  to  be  false,  incor- 
rect and  untrue,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail 
not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  3.] 

Failure  to  Enumerate — Penalty. 

Sec.  1995.  In  the  event  that  the  board  of  trustees  of  any 
school  district  should  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  make  or  cause 
to  be  made  such  enumerations  as  hereinbefore  provided  for 
in  the  event  that  the  clerk  of  any  district  shall  fail,  neglect  or 
refuse  to  transmit  to  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  on 
or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  the  duplicate 
copy  of  the  enumeration  of  his  district  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided, then  and  in  either  of  such  cases  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  cause  such 
enumeration  to  be  made  on  or  before  the  third  Monday  in  June 
following  at  the  expense  of  the  school  district,  and  to  that  end 


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the  said  superintendent  shall  have  all  the  power  hereinbefore 
conferred  upon  the  board  of  trustees  for  that  purpose,  and  for 
the  purpose  of  paying  the  expense  of  such  enumeration  the 
said  superintendent  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue 
to  the  person  making  such  enumeration  an  order  upon  such 
school  district  for  the  amount  due  such  person  and  upon  pre- 
sentation of  such  order  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  director  and 
clerk  of  such  district  to  issue  a  warrant  upon  the  treasurer 
of  the  district  for  such  amount.  Provided,  however,  That  in 
the  event  that  such  enumeration  shall  be  made  because  of  the 
failure,  neglect  or  refusal  of  the  clerk  of  the  district  to  transmit 
a  duplicate  copy  of  an  eumeration  which  had  been  made,  then 
and  in  such  case  the  said  clerk  shall  be  liable  to  his  school 
district  for  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  enumeration  made  by 
the  county  superintendent,  and  the  said  district  may,  by  an  ac- 
tion at  law  recover  of  and  from  such  defaulting  clerk  the  cost 
thereof,  together  with  costs  and  attorney's  fees.  Provided, 
further,  That  if  such  enumeration  by  the  county  superintend- 
ent be  rendered  necessary  because  of  the  neglect  or  failure  or 
default  of  any  members  of  the  board  of  trustees  in  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  by  this  or  the  three  preceding  sections 
enjoined  upon  them,  then  and  in  such  case  such  defaulting 
members  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  liable  to  the  school 
district  for  such  cost  and  expense ;  and  the  same,  together  with 
costs  and  attorney's  fees,  may  be  recovered  by  the  district  in 
an  action  at  law  from  such  defaulting  members  of  the  board. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  41,  Sec.  2.] 

County  Superintendents — Duty — Report. 

Sec.  1996.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  to  compile  the  said  reports  of  the  enumeration 
of  children  of  school  age  in  the  several  school  districts  of  his 
county  reported  to  him  as  hereinbefore  provided  and  there- 
from to  ascertain  and  determine  the  number  of  children  of 
school  age  in  his  county,  and  at  the  time  of  making  his  annual 
report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  he  shall 
include  in  such  report  a  statement  of  the  number  of  children  of 
school  age  in  his  county  as  shown  bv  such  enumeration.  [S. 
L.  1903,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  5.] 

Distribution  of  State  School  Funds. 

Sec.  1997.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintend- 
ent of  schools  in  distributing  to  the  several  school  districts 
of  his  county  the  funds  or  moneys  apportioned  and  distrib- 
uted to  his  county  for  school  purposes  by  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction.  Provided,  however,  That  no  por- 
tion of  the  funds  apportioned  to  any  county  by  the  state  super- 


54  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

intendent  of  public  instruction  for  school  purposes  shall  be 
apportioned  by  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  any 
district  for  the  year  in  which  a  school  has  not  been  maintained 
for  at  least  three  months.  [S.  L.  19.03,  Ch.  91,  Sec.  6.] 


PUBLIC  KINDERGARTEN. 

Power  of  Trustees  to  Establish  Kindergarten. 

Sec.  1998.  The  board  of  trustees  of  any  school  district 
in  this  state  shall  have  power  to  establish  and  maintain  free 
kindergarten  schools  in  connection  with  the  public  schools 
of  their  district,  for  the  instruction  of  children  residing  in 
such  district  and  between  the  ages  of  four  and  six  years,  and 
shall  establish  such  courses  of  training,  study  and  discipline 
and  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  such 
kindergarten  schools  as  said  board  may  deem  advisable;  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  of  establishing  and  maintaining  such  kin- 
dergarten schools  shall  be  paid  from  the  special  school  fund  of 
said  school  district,  and  the  gross  sum  to  be  so  expended  by  the 
said  board  for  such  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  annually 
fixed  and  determined  by  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  such  electors.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  50, 
Sec.  1.] 

Shall  Be  Part  of  School  System— Teachers. 

Sec.  1999.  The  said  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  a  part 
of  the  public  school  system  and  governed  as  far  as  practicable 
in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers  as  is  now,  or  here- 
after may  be  provided  by  law,  for  the  government  of  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  state ;  Provided,  however,  That  teachers 
of  the  kindergarten  schools  shall  be  the  holders  of  certificates 
or  diplomas  from  some  reputable  institution  for  the  training  of 
kindergarten  teachers,  and  shall  pass  such  other  examination 
and  possess  such  other  qualifications  as  may  be  required  by  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  district  employing  them.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 

Law  Not  Changed  in  Reference  to  Apportionment. 

Sec.  2000.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  so  construed 
as  to,  in  any  manner,  change  the  law,  as  it  now  exists,  with  ref- 
erence to  the  taking  of  the  census  of  the  school  population, 
or  the  apportionment  of  the  state  and  county  school  funds 
among  the  several  counties  and  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L. 
1895,  Ch.  50,  Sec.  1.] 


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How  Carried  Into  Effect. 

Sec.  2001.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  into  effect 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  any  school  district  in  the  state  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  under  the  provisions  of  existing  law,  to  vote 
such  sum  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  to  establish  and  main- 
tain such  kindergarten  schools,  during  the  school  year  next 
following  such  meeting,  such  sum  in  the  aggregate  not  to 
exceed  one  mill  upon  the  dollar  of  the  ^aluation  of  the  prop- 
erty in  the  district,  as  determined  by  the  next  preceeding  an- 
nual assessment  thereof  for  the  purposes  of  taxation,  the  same 
to  be  certified,  levied,  collected  and  disbursed  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  is  now  provided  by  law  with  respect  to  the  special  school 
funds  of  the  several  school  districts  in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895, 
Ch.  50,  Sec.  2.] 


FREE  TEXT  BOOKS. 

Text  Books  in  Public  Schools. 

Sec.  2002.  The  board  of  school  directors  in  city  or  county 
are  hereby  empowered,  and  it  is  made  their  duty,  to  purchase 
all  text-books  necessary  for  the  schools  of  such  city,  town  or 
district;  and  they  are  further  authorized  to  enter  into  con- 
tract, as  hereinafter  provided,  with  the  publishers  of  such 
books  for  a  period  of  years,  not  to  exceed  five;  Provided, 
That  the  contract  prices  of  such  books  shall  not  exceed  the 
lowest  price  then  granted  to  any  dealer,  state,  county,  town- 
ship, school  district,  or  other  individual  or  corporation  in  the 
United  States,  to  be  determined  as  hereinafter  provided ;  and 
Provided,  further,  That  such  contract  shall  guarantee  to  such 
district  any  further  reduction  that  may  be  granted  elsewhere 
during  the  life  of  such  contract.  Said  boards  are  hereby  em- 
powered to  purchase,  as  a  book  of  reference  for  use  in  their 
schools,  the  History  of  Wyoming,  in  three  volumes,  of  which 
C.  G.  Coutant  is  the  author,  and  "The  Sabbath  as  an  American 
War  Day,"  in  one  volume,  of  which  W.  P.  Carroll  is  the  au- 
thor ;  Provided,  That  the  price  paid  for  the  said  work  shall  not 
exceed  the  price  paid  therefor  by  subscribers  generally.  Pro- 
vided, That  no  school  trustee  or  officer  of  the  district  shall  be 
interested  in  any  way,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  sale  of 
school  supplies  in  the  district  in  which  he  is  a  director.  [S. 
L.  1901,  Ch.  38.] 

Publishers  Must  File  Bond. 

Sec.  2003.  Before  any  publisher  of  school  books  shall 
be  permitted  to  enter  into  contract  with  any  school  district 


56  SCHOOL   LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  he  shall  file  with  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  to  be  approved  by  him, 
a  good  and  sufficient  bond  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  to 
twenty  thousand  dollars,  which  amount  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  conditions  of  such  contracts,  and  the  observ- 
ance of  the  requirements  of  this  chapter,  and  such  publisher 
shall  also  file  with  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion, a  sworn  statement  of  the  lowest  prices  for  which  his 
series  of  text-books  are  sold  anywhere  in  the  United  States; 
and  a  failure  to  file  such  bond  and  sworn  statement  of  prices 
shall  be  a  good  and  valid  defense  on  the  part  of  the  district 
against  payment  for  any  books  that  may  be  sold  by  such  pub- 
lisher prior  to  the  date  of  filing  such  bond  and  sworn  state- 
ment of  prices ;  and  all  such  contracts  to  which  such  publisher 
is  a  party  made  prior  to  filing  such  bond  and  sworn  statement 
of  prices,  shall  be  null  and  void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  2.] 

Books — Paid  for  from  Public  School  Land  Income  Fund. 

Sec.  2204.  The  books  to  be  purchased  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  directors  of  the 
different  school  districts  of  the  state,  out  of  the  public  school 
land  income  fund,  when  the  same  shall  be  distributed  to  such 
districts  annually.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch,  29,  Sec.  11.] 

Books  Paid  for  by  Order  on  District  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2005.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  for  school  books, 
the  school  district  officers  may  draw  an  order  on  the  district 
treasurer  for  the  amount  of  school  books  ordered.  [S.  L.  1899, 
Ch.  29,  Sec.  3.] 

Orders — From  What  Funds  Paid. 

Sec.  2006.  The  district  treasurer  shall  pay  orders  drawn 
by  school  district  officers  for  the  purpose  of  school  books  out 
of  any  funds  in  his  hands  belonging  to  the  district,  except 
the  money  belonging  to  the  teachers'  fund.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
29,  Sec.  4.] 

Publisher  Becoming  Member  of  Trust  Nullifies  Contract. 

Sec.  2007.  Any  contract  entered  into  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter  with  any  publisher  who  shall  hereafter  be- 
come a  party  to  any  combination  or  trust  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  the  price  of  school  text-books  shall,  at  the  wish  of  the 
school  board  of  the  district  using  such  books,  become  null  and 
void.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  5.] 

Duty  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  2008.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
shall,  within  thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  the  hereinbefore 


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mentioned  sworn  statement  of  prices  of  text-books,  have  the 
same  printed  and  forward  a  sufficient  number  of  certified 
copies  of  the  same  to  each  of  the  county  superintendents  of 
the  state  to  furnish  all  the  school  districts  of  such  county  with 
one  copy  each ;  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  immedi- 
ately after  receiving  said  certified  copies  of  prices  of  books 
send  or  deliver  one  of  such  certified  copies  to  the  director  or 
secretary  of  each  school  district  or  board  of  education  in  such 
county,  to  be  filed  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  such  district ;  and 
he  shall  also  file  one  of  said  certified  copies  of  prices  in  his 
office  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  said  office.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch. 
29,  Sec.  6.] 

Superintendent  Must  Furnish  Form  of  Contract. 

Sec.  2009.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  superintendent 
of  public  instruction  to  prepare  and  have  printed  a  form  of  con- 
tract between  district  boards  and  publishers  of  school  books 
and  to  furnish  the  same  through  the  county  superintendent  to 
the  several  district  boards  of  the  state;  and  no  other  form 
of  contract  shall  be  used  by  such  district  boards  and  publish- 
ers. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  7.] 

Attorney  General  Must  Investigate  Violation  of  Contracts. 

Sec.  2010.  Upon  the  filing  of  a  written  complaint  with 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  by  the  officers  of 
any  district  board,  charging  any  publisher  with  violating  the 
provisions  of  such  contract  as  hereinbefore  mentioned,  the 
attorney  general  is  hereby  instructed,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
to  investigate  the  same,  and  if  he  finds  probable  cause  for 
action,  he  shall  immediately  begin  proceedings  in  the  name  of 
the  state  to  enfore  the  liability  on  the  bond  hereinbefore  men- 
tioned. [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  8.] 

Books  Property  of  District. 

Sec.  2011.  All  books  purchased  by  district  boards,  as 
hereinbefore  mentioned,  shall  be  held  as  the  property  of  the 
district  and  loaned  to  pupils  of  the  school  while  pursuing  a 
course  of  study  therein,  free  of  charge;  but  the  district  board 
shall  hold  such  pupils  responsible  for  any  damage  to,  loss  of,  or 
failure  to  return  such  books  at  the  time  and  to  the  person  that 
may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  such  district.  [S.  L.  1899, 
Ch.  29,  Sec.  9.] 

Pupils  May  Purchase  Books. 

Sec.  2012.  The  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  include  all 
school  supplies;  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  chapter  shall 
be  construed  to  prohibit  any  pupil  or  parent  from  purchasing 
from  the  board  such  books  as  may  be  necessary,  at  cost  to 


58  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

the  district;  Provided,  further.  That  the  board  may  designate 
some  local  dealer  to  handle  books  for  the  district  with  such  an 
increase  above  contract  price  to  pay  cost  of  transportation  and 
handling,  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  said  board  and  said 
dealer.  [S.  L.  1899,  Ch.  29,  Sec.  10.] 


TEACHERS. 

Board  of  Examiners — Teachers'  Certificates. 

Sec.  2013.  There  shall  be  established  in  the  state  of  Wyo- 
ming a  state  board  of  examiners,  which  shall  be  composed  of 
three  members,  who  shall  be  selected  and  appointed  by  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  from  the  principals 
of  the  high  schools,  city  and  county  superintendents  and  the 
faculty  of  the  state  university  in  the  state.  The  board  shall 
receive  $5.00  a  day  while  actually  engaged  in  the  performance 
of  duty  and  also  their  actual  traveling  expenses  in  attending 
meetings.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  meet  at  least 
annually  in  the  office  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  at  the  state  house  and  adopt  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  granting  of  certificates  to  teachers,  to  prepare  examina- 
tion questions,  which  shall  be  sent  to  the  county  superintend- 
ents of  the  several  counties,  where  examinations  shall  be  held 
at  least  twice  a  year;  to  receive  all  papers  written  by  appli- 
cants for  certificates  in  the  various  counties  and  mark  such 
papers,  and  to  return  within  two  weeks  to  the  county  superin- 
tendent from  whose  county  the  papers  were  received,  the  result 
of  such  examinations  and  when  the  result  warrants,  to  recom- 
mend to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  that  he 
issue  to  the  applicant  a  certificate  of  the  proper  grade,  to  keep 
on  file  for  one  year  in  the  office  of  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  at  the  state  house  all  examination  papers  and 
all  other  papers  pertaining  to  the  work  of  the  board,  which 
shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  public;  to 
recommend  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
the  issuing  of  five  regular  classes  of  certificates  as  follows,  to 
be  determined  by  the  qualifications  of  the  applicants  in  each 
case. 

Third  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in 
the  following  subjects:  orthography,  reading,  penmanship, 
arithmetic,  English  grammar,  geography,  United  States  his- 
tory, civil  government  of  the  United  States  and  Wyoming, 
physiology,  hygiene  and  agriculture,  securing  an  average  of 


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not  less  than  70  per  cent,  and  not  falling  below  50  per  cent  in 
any  one  branch.     [S.  L.  1913,  Ch.  102.] 

Second  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination 
in  all  of  the  subjects  required  for  the  third  class  certificates 
with  the  following  additional  subjects:  Rhetoric  and  compo- 
sition, theory  and  practice  of  teaching,  securing  an  average 
grade  of  not  less  than  80  per  cent  and  not  falling  below  60 
per  cent  in  any  one  branch. 

First  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in 
all  of  the  subjects  required  for  the  second  class  certificate 
with  the  following  additional  subjects:  Elementary  algebra, 
English  and  American  literature,  elementary  psychology, 
physical  geography,  and  any  two  or  more  of  the  following 
subjects:  Plane  geometry,  botany,  zoology,  chemistry,  general 
history,  Latin,  German,  political  economy,  bookkeeping,  short- 
hand, securing  an  average  of  not  less  than  80  per  cent  and  not 
falling  below  60  per  cent  in  any  one  branch.  An  applicant  for 
this  class  of  certificate  must  have  had  not  less  than  one  school 
year  of  successful  experience  in  teaching. 

Professional  Second  Class.  The  applicant  shall  pass  an 
examination  in  the  same  subjects  as  those  required  for  the 
first  class  certificate  with  at  least  two  additional  electives  and 
the  following  subjects  in  addition  thereto:  School  manage- 
ment, pedagogy,  methods  and  history  of  education,  and  secure 
the  same  average  and  minimum  grades  as  those  required  for 
first  class  certificates.  Applicants  for  this  certificate  must 
have  had  not  less  than  two  years  of  successful  experience  in 
teaching. 

Professional  First  Class.  The  applicant  at  the  time  of  his 
application  must  have  had  not  less  than  three  years  of  suc- 
cessful experience  in  teaching  and  must  have  previously  been 
granted  a  professional  second  class  certificate  and  pass  an 
examination  upon  the  subjects  of  advanced  psychology  and 
school  supervision.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  1.] 

Recommend  Issuance  of  Certificates  Without  Examination. 

Sec.  2014.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall  upon  appli- 
cation recommend  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction the  issuance  of  certificates  of  any  of  the  classes 
named  in  section  2013  to  the  following  persons  without  exam- 
ination : 

Third  Class.  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 


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Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade. 

Second  Class.  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade,  \vho  in 
addition  thereto  have  successfully  pursued  a  course  of  study 
in  the  state  normal  school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  eighteen  weeks. 

First  Class-  Graduates  of  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
University  of  Wyoming  and  of  high  schools  in  the  state  of 
Wyoming  whose  diplomas  represent  the  completion  of  a  regu- 
lar four  years'  course  of  study  above  the  eighth  grade,  who  in 
addition  thereto  have  successfully  pursued  a  course  of  study 
in  the  state  normal  school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  one  year,  and  must  have  had  not  less 
than  one  year  of  successful  experience  in  teaching. 

Professional  Second  Class.  Graduates  of  the  state  nor- 
mal school  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  who  have  had  at 
least  one  year  of  successful  teaching. 

Professional  First  Class.  Graduates  of  the  college  of  lib- 
eral arts  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  who  have  elected  their 
major  subject  in  their  course  of  study  at  the  University  in  the 
departments  of  psychology  and  pedagogy,  said  major  being 
equal  to  at  least  one-fifth  of  the  entire  course  of  study  pursued, 
or  who  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  upon  the  professional 
subjects  required  for  a  professional  second  class  certificate 
and  who  have  had  at  least  two  years  of  successful  experience 
in  teaching.  Provided,  That  no  certificates  of  any  class  shall 
be  renewed  without  examination  except  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  2.] 

Classes  of  Certificates — Validity. 

Periods  for  Which  Valid.  Sec.  2015.  The  various  classes 
of  certificates  named  in  Section  2014  shall  be  valid  in  the  entire 
state  of  Wyoming  for  the  following  periods : 

Third  class,  one  year;  second  class,  two  years;  first  class, 
four  years ;  professional  second  class  and  professional  first 
class  for  life.  Provided,  That  no  certificate  shall  be  granted 
to  any  person  under  seventeen  years  of  age  and  that  any  certi- 
ficate of  any  class  upon  recommendation  of  the  state  board  of 
examiners  may  be  revoked  by  the  state  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic instruction  for  gross  inefficiency  or  immoral  character. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  3.] 


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Positions  for  Which  Valid.  Sec.  2016.  The  various  classes 
of  certificates  named  in  Section  2014  shall  be  valid  to  teach  in 
the  schools  of  Wyoming  as  follows:  Third  and  second  class 
certificates  in  the  common  schools  from  the  kindergarten  to 
the  eighth  grade,  inclusive ;  first  class  certificates  in  the  common 
schools  from  the  kindergarten  to  the  eighth  grade,  inclusive, 
and  for  assistants  in  high  schools  in  subjects  covered  by  the 
examinations  and  for  principals  and  superintendents  of  schools 
having  no  high  school  grades ;  professional  second  class  certifi- 
cates in  any  public  school  and  for  principals  and  superintend- 
ents of  schools  having  no  more  than  a  two  year  high  school 
course ;  professional  first  class  certificates  in  any  public  school 
and  for  principals  and  superintendents  of  schools  of  any  grade. 
Provided,  That  persons  now  holding  positions  in  this  state  as 
principals  and  superintendents  of  schools  having  high  schools 
of  any  grade  may  continue  to  teach  and  supervise  in  positions 
of  the  same  class  upon  any  certificate  of  as  high  a  grade  as 
that  now  held  by  the  said  person  until  July  1st,  1911.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  4.] 

Special  Certificates. 

Sec.  2017.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  state  board  of  examiners 
shall  issue  the  following  special  certificates: 

A  Temporary  Certificate.  An  applicant  for  this  class  of 
certificate  must  have  been  engaged  to  teach  a  school  in  the  state 
and  present  a  request  to  the  state  board  of  examiners  for  this 
class  of  certificate  from  a  member  of  the  school  board  engag- 
ing her  services,  endorsed  by  the  county  superintendent  of  the 
county  in  which  the  applicant  has  been  engaged  to  teach. 
Provided,  That  a  good  and  sufficient  reason  must  be  presented 
showing  why  such  temporary  certificate  should  be  granted 
and  that  this  class  of  certificate  is  good  only  until  the  next 
regular  examination 

Note:     See  also  Section  2025. 

Diploma  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be  granted  to 
graduates  of  the  state  normal  school  and  of  the  college  of 
liberal  arts  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  for  the  period 
named  in  Section  2014  necessary  to  gain  experiences  required 
for  any  life  certificate. 

Special  Primary  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be 
granted  for  four  years  upon  the  following  qualifications  and 
shall  be  valid  to  teach  in  primary  and  kindergarten  grades, 
the  applicant  must  have  held  previously  two  certificates  of 


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as  high. a  class  as  the  second  class  and  must  have  had  not  less 
than  four  years'  successful  experience  in  teaching  and  shall 
pass  an  examination  upon  primary  and  kindergarten  methods, 
elementary  psychology,  methods  and  school  management, 
making  an  average  of  not  less  than  75  per  cent  and  not  falling 
below  60  per  cent  in  any  one  branch. 

Special  Technical  Certificate.  This  certificate  shall  be 
valid  for  four  years  to  teach  special  technical  subjects.  The 
applicant  shall  pass  an  examination  in  the  special  branches 
which  he  expects  to  teach,  making  an  average  of  not  less  than 
80  per  cent.  Provided,  That  this  certificate  may  be  granted 
without  examination  to  graduates  of  any  technical  school  or 
college  of  the  University  of  Wyoming  to  teach  subjects  cov- 
ered by  the  course  of  study  which  the  applicant  pursued  and 
that  it  may  be  renewable  for  life  for  such  applicant  upon  exam- 
ination in  professional  subjects  required  for  the  regular  pro- 
fessional second  class  certificate.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  5.] 

State  Board  of  Examiners  Shall  be  Judge  of  Equivalency. 

Sec.  2018.  Certificates  granted  in  other  states  and  of  as 
high  rank  as  the  first  or  second  class  certificates,  having 
requirements  equivalent  to  those  in  this  state  may  be  given 
the  same  validity  in  this  state.  The  state  board  of  examiners 
shall  be  the  judge  of  equivalency.  Exemption  certificates 
granted  to  graduates  of  the  state  normal  school  and  other 
schools  of  the  University  of  Wyoming,  may  be  granted  to  the 
graduates  of  other  normal  schools  and  colleges  -of  equivalent 
rank.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall  be  the  judge  of 
equivalency.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  6.] 

Board  Discretionary  Power. 

Sec.  2019.  The  board  of  examiners  may  have  discretion- 
ary power  to  extend  the  first  and  second  class  certificates  upon 
the  completion  of  course  of  study  in  the  state  reading  circle, 
provided,  however,  that  no  certificate  shall  be  extended  for  a 
longer  period  than  that  for  which  it  was  originally  granted 
and  that  after  July  1st,  1911,  no  extension  shall  be  made  for 
more  than  two  years  at  a  time  and  that  the  examination  for 
each  year's  extension  must  be  based  upon  the  reading  of  not 
fewer  than  two  books.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  7.] 

Certificate  Necessary  for  Compensation. 

Sec.  2020.  No  person  shall  teach  or  supervise  a  public 
school  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  receive  compensation  there- 
for out  of  any  public  fund  who  at  the  time  of  rendering  such 
services  is  not  a  holder  of  a  certificate  granted  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  8.] 


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Examiners  Recommend  List  of  Books. 

Sec.  2021.  It  shall  be  the  further  work  of  the  state  board 
of  examiners  to  recommend  annually  a  list  of  books  for  the 
state  reading  circle  for  teachers  and  also  a  list  of  books  suit- 
able for  general  reading  for  pupils  of  the  various  grades.  [S. 
L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  9.] 

Register  Their  Certificates. 

Sec.  2022.  Teachers  who  contract  to  teach  in  any  county 
of  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  who  secure  a  certificate  of  any 
class  from  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
in  every  case  register  their  certificate  in  the  office  of  the 
county  superintendent  of  schools  of  said  county  before  begin- 
ning to  teach  therein.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  10.] 

Note:     See  also  Chapter  161,  page  131. 

Fees. 

Sec.  2023.  Every  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  any  class 
to  be  granted  upon  examination  or  by  exemption  or  renewal 
shall  pay  to  the  state  board  of  examiners  the  following  fee: 

Temporary  certificates $  .50 

Second  and  third  class  certificates  and 

special  certificates 1.00 

First  and  professional  certificates 1.50 

These  fees  shall  be  collected  by  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  at  the  time  of  taking  the  examination,  or  at  the 
time  of  making  application  for  a  certificate.  The  county 
superintendent  of  schools  shall  transmit  to  the  secretary  of 
the  state  board  of  examiners  all  fees  collected,  as  provided  by 
this  section,  who  shall  issue  his  receipt  therefor  in  duplicate, 
the  original  to  be  forwarded  to  the  county  superintendent  and 
the  duplicate  to  be  transmitted  to  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction.  The  fees  received  by  the  state  board  of 
examiners  shall  be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  and  by  him 
credited  to  the  general  fund  of  the  state.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33, 
Sec.  11.] 
Duty  Secretary  of  Board. 

Sec.  2024.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  the 
state  board  of  examiners  to  give  bond  of  not  less  than  $1,000, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties,  the  expense  of  said 
bond  to  be  borne  out  of  the  funds  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  the  state  board  of  examiners,  said  bond  to  be  approved  as 
other  state  bonds.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  12.] 

Temporary  Certificates. 

Sec.  2025.  A  teacher  contracting  to  begin  a  school  in 
the  interim  of  examinations  and  not  holding  any  certificate  to 


64  SCHOOL   LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

teach  in  this  state  may  make  an  application  for  a  temporary 
certificate  as  provided  in  Section  2017 ;  and  in  the  meantime 
the  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  county  in  which 
the  applicant  proposes  to  teach  may  issue  to  such  an  applicant 
a  permit  to  proceed  to  teach  legally  in  said  school  for  a  period 
long  enough  for  the  state  board  of  examiners  to  act  upon  such 
applications.  Provided,  That  no  such  permit  shall  be  valid 
unless  an  application  for  a  certificate  shall  be  made  to  the  state 
board  of  examiners  of  even  or  preceding  date  and  that  said 
permit  shall  state  the  fact  of  such  application  therein.  [S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  13.] 

Certificates — How  Issued. 

Sec.  2026.  The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall 
issue  to  teachers  certificates  of  the  proper  grade  on  recom- 
mendation of  the  state  board  of  examiners,  which  certificate 
shall  entitle  the  holder  to  teach  in  Wyoming  for  the  time  fixed 
by  law  for  that  particular  class  of  certificate.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch. 
33,  Sec.  14.] 

Annual  Report. 

Sec.  2027.  The  state  board  of  examiners  shall  make  an 
annual  report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
covering  such  points  as  the  state  superintendent  may  require. 
[S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  33,  Sec.  15.] 


SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Note. — School  trustees  are  urged  when  considering  the 
issuance  of  school  bonds,  to  consult  with  local  attorneys. 

Authority  to  Call  Election  to  Determine  Issue. 

Sec.  2028.  The  board  of  school  trustees  of  any  school 
district  may,  whenever  a  majority  thereof  so  decide,  submit  to 
the  electors  of  the  district  the  question  whether  the  board  shall 
be  authorized  to  issue  the  coupon  bonds  of  the  district  to  a 
certain  amount,  not  to  exceed  two  per  cent  of  the  taxable 
property  in  said  district,  and  bearing  a  certain  rate  of  interest, 
not  exceeding  six  per  cent  per  annum,  and  payable  and  re- 
deemable at  a  certain  time,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  years, 
for  the  purpose  of  building  one  or  more  school  houses  in  said 
district,  and  providing  the  same  with  necessary  furniture,  and 
funding  outstanding  indebtedness  evidenced  by  warrant  or 
otherwise,  against  said  district.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  41.] 


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Bond  Election — Issue  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2029.  Such  elections  must  be  held  in  the  manner 
prescribed  for  general  or  special  elections  in  school  districts, 
and  the  ballots  must  contain  the  words  " Bonds,  yes,"  or 
"Bonds,  no."  If  the  majority  of  the  votes  at  such  election 
are  "Bonds,  yes,"  the  board  of  trustees  must  issue  such  bonds 
in  such  form  as  the  board  may  direct ;  they  must  bear  the 
signatures  of  the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  be 
countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  school  district,  and  bear  the 
district  seal  and  be  countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer,  and 
the  coupon  attached  to  the  bonds  must  be  signed  by  the  presi- 
dent and  clerk  and  the  county  treasurer.  And  each  bond  so 
issued  must  be  registered  by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book 
provided  for  that  purpose,  which  must  show  the  number  and 
amount  of  each  bond,  and  the  person  to  whom  the  same  is 
issued,  and  the  said  bonds  must  be  sold  by  the  said  school 
trustees,  as  provided  in  section  two  thousand  and  thirty.  [S.  L. 
1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  2.] 

Sale  of  Bonds — Application  of  Proceeds. 

Sec.  2030.  The  school  trustees  must  give  notice  in  some 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  published  in  the  capital  of 
this  state,  and  also  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  county 
in  which  said  school  district  is  located,  for  a  period  of  not  less 
than  four  weeks,  to  the  effect  that  the  said  school  trustees  will 
sell  said  bonds,  briefly  describing  the  same,  and  the  time  and 
place  where  such  sale  will  take  place ;  Provided,  That  the  said 
bonds  must  not  be  sold  for  less  than  their  par  value,  and  the 
said  trustees  are  authorized  to  reject  any  bids,  and  to  sell  said 
bonds  at  private  sale,  if  they  deem  it  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  district ;  and  all  money  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
must  be  paid  forthwith  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  in 
which  said  district  may  be  located,  to  the  credit  of  said  district, 
and  the  same  shall  be  immediately  available  for  the  purpose  of 
building  or  providing  the  school  house,  or  school  houses, 
authorized  by  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  3.] 

Pledge  for  Payment. 

Sec.  2031.  The  faith  of  each  school  district  is  solemnly 
pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  and  the  redemption 
of  the  principal  of  all  bonds  which  are  issued  under  this  chap- 
ter. [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  4.] 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest. 

Sec.  2032.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
proper  county  of  each  district  must  ascertain  and  levy  annual- 
ly, the  tax  necessary  to  pay  the  interest  as  it  becomes  due, 


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and  a  sinking  fund  to  redeem  the  said  bonds  at  their  maturity ; 
and  said  tax  is  a  lien  upon  the  property  in  said  school  district, 
and  must  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  for 
school  purposes.  Said  tax  shall  be  known  as  "district  bond 
tax  of  school  district  No "  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  5.] 

Redemption. 

Sec.  2033.  When  'the  sum  in  the  sinking  fund  equals  or 
exceeds  the  amount  of  any  bond  then  due,  the  county  treasurer 
shall  post  in  his  office,  a  notice  that  he  will,  within  thirty  days 
from  the  date  of  such  notice,  redeem  the  bonds  then  payable, 
giving  the  number  thereof,  and  the  preference  must  be  given 
to  the  oldest  issue ;  and  if,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  thirty 
days  the  holder  or  holders  of  said  bonds  shall  fail  or  neglect 
to  present  the  same  for  payment,  interest  thereon  must  cease ; 
but  the  treasurer  shall,  at  all  times  thereafter,  be  ready  to 
redeem  the  same  on  presentation,  and  when  any  bonds  are  so 
purchased  or  redeemed,  the  county  treasurer  must  cancel  the 
same  by  writing  across  the  face  of  each  bond  in  red  ink,  the 
word  "cancelled,"  and  the  date  of  such  cancellation.  The 
annual  interest  on  all  of  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  at  the 
office  of  the  treasurer  of  the  proper  county  on  the  first  and 
ten  succeeding  days  of  January  in  each  year.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch. 
72,  Sec.  6.] 

Payment  of  Interest. 

Sec.  2034.  The  county  treasurer  may  pay  out  of  any 
moneys  belonging  to  a  school  district  tax  fund,  the  interest 
upon  any  bonds  issued  under  this  chapter  by  such  school  dis- 
trict, when  the  same  becomes  due,  upon  the  presentation  at  his 
office  of  the  proper  coupon,  which  must  show  the  amount  due, 
and  the  number  of  the  bond  to  which  it  belonged,  and  all 
coupons  so  paid,  must  be  reported  to  the  school  trustees  at 
their  first  regular  meeting  thereafter.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72, 
Sec:  7.] 

Preparation  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2035.  The  school  trustees  of  any  district  shall  cause 
to  be  printed  or  lithographed  at  the  lowest  rates,  suitable 
bonds,  with  the  coupons  attached,  when  the  same  become 
necessary,  and  pay  therefor  out  of  any  moneys  in  their  treas- 
ury. [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  8.] 

Penalty  for  Misapplication  of  Funds  by  Trustees. 

Sec.  2036.  If  any  of  the  school  trustees  fraudulently  fail 
or  refuse  to  pay  into  the  proper  county  treasury  the  money 
arising  from  the  sale  of  any  bonds  provided  for  by  this  chap- 
ter, they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  felony,  and  upon  conviction 


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thereof,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  state  penitentiary 
for  a  term  of  not  less  than  one  year,  nor  more  than  ten  years. 

[S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  9.] 

County  Treasurer  Shall  Have  Custody  of  Funds. 

Sec.  2037.  The  county  treasurer  of  such  county  shall  have 
the  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds, 
until  the  same  are  drawn  out  by  the  order  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  said  districts.  [S.  L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  10.] 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2038.  The  board  of  trustees  of  said  district  shall 
require  the  said  county  treasurer  to  give  said  district  a  separ- 
ate bond  in  such  sum  as  said  board  may  deem  proper,  with  two 
or  more  sufficient  sureties,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  the  duties  required  of  him  by  this  chapter,  and 
the  faithful  accounting  for  the  moneys  deposited  with  him 
and  realized  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  as  herein  provided 
for,  and  such  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  said  board  and  shall 
be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  said  board  of  trustees.  [S. 
L.  1888,  Ch.  72,  Sec.  11.] 


REFUNDING  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  BONDS. 

Power  of  Board  to  Issue  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2039.  The  board  of  directors  of  each  and  every 
school  district  in  the  state  of  Wyoming  are  hereby  authorized 
to  issue  refunding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for  the  purpose 
of  taking  up  outstanding  bonds  of  such  school  district,  for 
any  sum  not  exceeding  the  amount  of  outstanding  bonds; 
Provided,  That  the  qualified  electors  of  any  school  district 
shall  so  elect  and  determine  at  any  regular  meeting,  or  at  any 
special  meeting,  held  for  such  purpose.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10, 
Sec.  1.] 

Form  of  Bond,  Time  and  Interest. 

Sec.  2040.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  in  sums  of  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  school 
district  issuing  the  same  within  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty 
years,  and  not  less  than  five  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and 
shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per 
annum,  on  each  dollar  of  their  face,  which  interest  shall  be 
payable  annually  or  semi-annually,  the  rate  of  interest  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  school  directors.  Such  bonds  shall 
be  numbered  from  one  'upwards,  and  be  headed  "Refunding 
bonds  of  school  district  No ,  in  the  county  of , 


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state  of  Wyoming";  and  before  being  issued  shall  be  registered 
by  the  treasurer  of  the  county  within  which  such  school  dis- 
trict is  situated.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

Registration  of  Bond. 

Sec.  2041.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  shall  keep 
a  book  in  which  shall  be  registered  all  such  bonds,  showing 
the  number  of  the  bond,  the  date  of  issue,  amount,  number  of 
coupons,  date  of  redemption,  date  of  registry  and  payment  of 
interest  on  such  bonds,  which  book  shall,  during  business 
hours,  be  open  for  inspection.  [1893,  Ch.  10.  Sec.  3.] 

By  Whom  Signed  and  Sale  Thereof. 

Sec.  2042.  All  bonds  so  issued  shall  be  signed  by  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  board  of  directors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict, countersigned  by  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county  in 
which  such  school  district  is  situated,  and  attested  by  the  clerk 
of  such  school  district,  with  the  seal  of  such  school  district 
attached;  and  none  of  such  bonds  shall  be  sold  for  less  than 
their  face  value,  and  shall  not  be  sold  until  thirty  days'  notice 
shall  have  been  given  in  some  newspaper  of  general  circulation 
in  the  state  of  Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  4.] 

Coupons — Where  Paid. 

Sec.  2043.  Said  bonds  shall  have  coupons  attached,  repre- 
senting the  interest  to  be  paid  each  year ;  and  the  coupons 
representing  said  interest  shall  be  detached  from  the  bonds 
before  presentation  for  payment  of  the  interest  for  the  year 
corresponding  and  upon  payment  shall  be  forwith  cancelled 
by  the  county  treasurer,  by  writing  the  word  "cancelled" 
across  the  face  thereof.  The  interest  on  all  such  bonds  shall 
be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
in  which  such  school  district  issuing  such  bonds  is  situated, 
or  in  any  place  designated  by  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  5.] 

Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal. 

Sec.  2044  There  shall  be  annually  levied  by  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  of  the  county,  within  which  is  sit- 
uated any  school  district  issuing  any  such  bonds,  as  are  herein 
provided  for,  on  all  taxable  property  within  the  limits  of  said 
school  district,  a  tax  not  to  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar 
of  valuation,  which  shall  be  known  as  the  "Refunding  bond 

fund  of  school  district "  Said  tax  shall  be  payable  only 

in  the  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be  used 
to  pay  the  interest  and  principal  of  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other 
purpose,  and  said  tax  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner, 


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and  at  the  same  time  as  the  county  taxes,  and  paid  into  the 
county  treasury  by  the  collector  of  taxes.      [S.  L.  1893,  Ch. 

10,  Sec.  6.] 

Duty  of  School  Directors  as  to  Redemption. 

Sec.  2Q45.  The  board  of  school  directors  of  any  school 
district,  which  may  issue  bonds,  as  provided  in  this  chapter, 
shall  each  year,  after  the  tenth  year,  retire  as  many  of  such 
bonds  as  can  be  redeemed,  with  the  amount  of  said  bond  fund 
at  the  time  in  the  hands  of  the  county  treasurer,  and  in  all  such 
cases,  such  bonds  shall  be  redeemed  by  the  payment  of  number 
one  first,  and  proceeding  continuously  upwards  with  those 
outstanding.  All  cancelled  bonds  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
board  of  directors  at  such  times  as  they  may  direct.  [S.  L. 
1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  7.] 

Property  in  District  Pledged  for  Payment. 

Sec.  204:6.  All  taxable  property  of  any  school  district 
issuing  bonds,  as  herein  provided  for,  at  the  time  of  issuing 
such  bonds,  shall  be  pledged  for  the  payment  of  the  principal 
and  interest  of  such  bonds  in  the  manner  herein  provided,  and 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  use  or  divert  any  portion  of  such  bond 
fund  for  any  purpose  whatever,  except  for  the  payment  of  such 
principal  and  interest.  [S.  L.  1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  8.] 

Duty  of  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2047.  The  county  treasurer  of  each  county  in  which 
any  school  district,  issuing  bonds  as  herein  provided  for,  is 
situated,  shall  have  custody  of  all  funds  realized  from  the  sale 
of  such  bonds,  and  shall  pay  the  same  out  only  upon  the  return 
of  such  bonds,  for  the  redemption  of  which  the  refunding 
bonds,  for  the  issue  of  which  this  chapter  provides,  may  have 
been  issued.  Such  bonds  so  redeemed  shall  be  cancelled  by 
the  county  treasurer  and  turned  over  to  the  board  of  school 
directors  of  the  school  district  which  issued  said  redeemed 
bonds  at  such  time  as  they  may  direct.  It  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  county  treasurer  to  give  a  separate  bond  to  be  made  to 
such  school  district,  in  such  sum  and  with  such  sureties  as  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  county  may  deem  proper 
and  sufficient,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  accounting  of  the 
moneys  deposited  with  him  and  realized  from  the  sale  of  such 
bonds  as  are  herein  provided  for,  and  such  treasurer's  separate 
bond  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of  the  county  clerk  of 
the  county  in  which  such  school  district  is  situated.  [S.  L. 
1893,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  9.] 


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Funds  Realized  from  Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds. 

Sec.  2048.  "Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  issued 
its  refunding  bonds,  and  the  funds  realized  from  the  sale 
of  such  refunding*  bonds,  by  reason  of  such 'bonds  selling  for 
more  than  their  par  value,  are  more  than  sufficient  to  redeem 
all  the  bonds,  to  redeem  which  said  .refunding  bonds  were 
issued,  such  surplus  may  be  used :  First,  to  pay  all  the  expense 
of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds.  Second, 
any  surplus  still  remaining  shall  be  turned  by  the  county  treas- 
urer into  the  "Refunding  bond  fund"  of  such  school  district, 
and  used  for  the  purposes  for  which  such  fund  is  used  as  pro- 
vided in  section  two  thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
10,  Sec.  1.] 

Balance  in  the  Hands  of  County  Treasurer — How  Used. 

Sec.  2049.  Whenever  any  school  district  shall  have  issued 
its  refunding  bonds  and  there  remains  in  the  hands  of  the 
county  treasurer  of  the  "county  in  which  said  school  district 
is  situated,  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  funds  provided  by 
law  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  or  interest,  or  both,  of 
the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued, 
said  money  may  be  used:  First,  to  pay  any  deficiency  in  the 
expenses  of  issuing  and  disposing  of  said  refunding  bonds  that 
cannot  be  paid  by  the  surplus  realized  from  the  sale  of  said 
refunding  bonds.  Second,  any  moneys  still  remaining  in  said 
fund  shall  be  turned  by  said  county  treasurer  into  the  "Re- 
funding bond  fund"  of  such  school  district  and  used  for  the 
purposes  for  which  such  fund  is  used  as  provided  in  section 
two  thousand  and  forty-four.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  2.] 

Surplus — How  Used. 

Sec.  2050.  The  county  treasurer  of  any  county  in  which 
is  situated  a  school  district  that  may  issue  refunding  bonds, 
is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  pay  out  the  surplus  mon- 
eys derived  from  the  sale  of  any  such  refunding  bonds,  or 
the  surplus  moneys  remaining  in  the  old  fund  for  the  expenses 
incurred  by  such  school  district  in  issuing  and  disposing  of 
such  refunding  bonds  on  orders  of  the  school  board  of  such 
school  district,  which  orders  shall  state  on  their  face  that  the 
money  to  be  so  paid  was  a  legitimate  expense  incurred  in  the 
issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds.  When  all  of  such 
expense  has  been  paid  by  the  issue  of  such  orders  or  otherwise, 
the  board  of  directors  shall,  over  the  seal  of  said  district,  notify 
said  county  treasurer  of  the  fact  that  all  the  expense  incurred 
in  the  issue  and  sale  of  such  refunding  bonds  has  been  paid, 
whereupon  said  treasurer  shall  immediately  transfer  all 


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moneys  remaining  in  his  hands  applicable  to  the  payment  of 
interest  or  principal  of  the  old  bonds  to  the  "Refunding  bond 
fund"  of  such  school  district;  Provided,  however,  That  all 
the  bonds  to  redeem  which  said  refunding  bonds  were  issued 
have  already  been  paid.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  3.] 


HIGH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT. 

High  School  Districts. 

Sec.  2051.  That  for  the  purpose  of  affording  better  edu- 
cational facilities  for  pupils  more  advanced  than  the  studies 
provided  in  the  district  schools  existing  in  the  several  counties 
in  this  state,  and  in  addition  to  such  school  districts  as  are  now 
organized,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  formed  under  the  laws 
for  the  creation  and  formation  of  the  same,  there  may  be  organ- 
ized and  established  a  high  school  district  and  a  free  high 
school  therein  on  conditions  and  in  the  manner  hereinafter 
prescribed,  the  territorial  extent  of  which  may  embrace  any 
number  of  present  organized  and  constituted  school  districts, 
the  qualified  electors  of  which  may  vote  to  become  a  part  of 
such  high  school  district  and  participate  in  the  maintenance 
and  benefits  of  such  high  school  organization.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  1.] 

Body  Corporate. 

Sec.  2052.  Each  high  school  district  which  may  be  formed 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a 

body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  " 

High  School,  State  of  Wyoming,"  and  in  that  name  it  may 
hold  property  and  be  a  party  to  suits  and  contracts.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  1.] 

How  Formed. 

Sec.  2053.  Whenever  one  hundred  freeholders  in  any  ter- 
ritory sought  to  be  organized  into  a  high  school  district  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  a  portion  of  which  shall  be  free- 
holders of  each  school  district  intended  to  be  embraced  within 
such  high  school  district,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  of  the  county  within  which  such  territory  is, 
requesting  the  organization  and  establishment  of  a  high  school 
district  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  defining  the  boun- 
daries thereof,  and  describing  the  lands  to  be  embraced  therein, 
by  townships  and  ranges  or  fractions  of  townships,  the  board 
shall,  at  their  first  meeting  thereafter,  give  twenty  days '  notice 
by  publication  in  the  official  paper  of  said  county  that  the 


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question  of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district  will  be 
submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  territory  so  to  be  embraced  in 
such  high  school  district  at  a  designaied  time,  not  to  exceed 
thirty  days  from  the  expiration  of  the  said  twenty  days'  notice, 
whether  such  high  school  district  shall  be  created  and  estab- 
lished. In  addition  to  said  notice,  the  trustees  in  the  several 
school  districts  embraced  within  such  territory  thus  to  be 
organized  into  such  high  school  district,  shall  be  notified  by 
such  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  said 
election  immediately  after  the  first  publication  of  the  notice 
provided  for  in  this  section.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
school  trustees  to  post  a  copy  of  said  published  notice  on  the 
front  door  of  each  school  house  in  their  said  respective  districts 
of  such  impending  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  34.] 

Election — Called  by  County  Commissioners. 

Sec.  2054.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
the  same  as  the  election  for  school  trustees,  except  that  the 
said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  call  the  election  and 
that  there  shall  be  no  registration  of  voters  required  or  printed 
ballots  furnished.  Each  school  district  to  constitute  a  part  of 
such  high  school  district,  shall  constitute  a  voting  precinct  for 
the  purpose  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  4.] 

Failure  Trustees  to  Open  Election. 

Sec.  2055.  If  for  any  reason  the  trustees  of  any  such 
school  district  fail  to  open  such  election  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided, then  and  in  such  event  the  qualified  electors  of  such 
school  district  assembled  at  the  time  and  place  for  holding 
such  election  shall  organize  by  appointing  a  chairman  and 
secretary,  who  shall  act  as  judges  of  such  election.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  5.] 

Judges  of  Election. 

Sec.  2056.  In  school  districts  having  six  trustees,  three 
of  their  number  shall  be  designated  by  them  to  act  as  judges 
of  such  election,  but  if  for  any  reason  they  do  not  appear,  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  school  district  there  assembled  may 
proceed  to  elect  three  persons  having  the  qualifications  of 
electors  to  act  as  judges  thereat.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  6.1 

Election  by  Ballot. 

Sec.  2057.  Said  election  shall  be  by  ballot  either  written 
or  printed  and  none  but  qualified  electors  of  such  school  dis- 
trict shall  be  permitted  to  vote  thereat.  And  the  name  of  each 
person  voting  shall  be  recorded  by  the  judges  certified  as  such 
and  return  thereof  made  with  the  ballots  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. Those  in  favor  of  the  creation  and  organization  of  the 


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high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on  their  ballots  "For 
high  school  district."  Those  opposed  to  the  creation  and 
organization  of  the  high  school  district  shall  write  or  print  on 
their  ballots,  "Opposed  to  high  school  district."  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  7.] 

Canvass. 

Sec.  2058.  After  the  election  the  ballots  on  said  question 
shall  be  canvassed  in  the  same  manner  as  for  school  trustees, 
except  that  the  judges  of  such  election  in  the  different  pre- 
cincts shall  forward  the  returns  by  registered  mail  to  the 
county  clerk  of  the  county  to  be  canvassed  and  the  result  to  be 
determined  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners.  The  work 
of  canvassing  the  returns  shall  be  expeditiously  done,  and  if 
for  any  reason  delay  should  occur  in  forwarding  the  returns 
from  the  different  precincts  or  from  any  of  them,  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  shall  see  that  the  delayed  returns  are 
promptly  obtained.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  8.] 

When  Created — Appointment  First  Trustees. 

Sec.  2059.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been  received  by  the  county  clerk,  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners shall  proceed  without  delay  to  canvass  the  same, 
and  determine  and  declare  the  result  of  such  election,  and 
enter  the  same  upon  their  minutes.  Such  high  school  district 
shall  be  created,  and  said  board  of  county  commissioners  shall 
declare  the  same  to  be  composed  of  all  precincts  wherein  a 
majority  vote  has  been  in  favor  of  said  proposition.  The  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  give  notice  of  the  result  of  the 
election,  naming  the  territory  embraced  in  such  created  high 
school  district,  as  shown  by  the  election  and  as  provided  in 
this  section,  and  thereupon  such  territory  shall  at  once  be 
created  and  constitute  such  high  school  district.  The  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  thereafter,  by  order  duly  en- 
tered, promptly  proceed  to  appoint  six  persons  possessing  qual- 
ifications of  electors  within  the  described  territory  and  tax- 
payers thereof,  who  shall,  with  the  county  superintendent  as 
ex  officio  member  thereof,  constitute  a  board  of  trustees  of 
said  high  school  district.  Each  of  such  trustees  so  appointed 
shall  hold  office  until  the  first  Monday  in  May  next  following 
his  appointment,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  quali- 
fied and  shall  within  ten  days  of  his  appointment  qualify  by 
taking  the  oath  required  of  county  officers,  and  giving  bond 
as  may  be  required  by  the  county  commissioners  for  the  faith- 
ful discharge  of  his  duties,  whereupon  said  high  school  dis- 
trict shall  become  fully  organized.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  2.} 


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Election  of  Trustees — Time. 

Sec.  2060.  The  election  of  high  school  district  trustees 
shall  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  place  and  in  the  same  manner 
as  trustees  of  other  school  districts  except  that  in  high  school 
district  elections  the  returns  shall  be  made  to  the  county  clerk 
of  the  county,  and  the  same  canvassed,  the  result  determined 
and  declared  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  as  in  the 
organization  of  a  high  school  district.  The  acting  and  quali- 
fied trustees  of  such  high  school  district  may,  until  otherwise 
provided  by  law,  make  rules  and  regulations  to  secure  uni- 
formity in  the  nomination  of  candidates  for  such  trustees; 
Provided,  however,  That  no  such  rules  and  regulations  shall 
abridge  the  right  of  qualified  voters  to  vote  for  any  candidate 
they  may  desire  for  such  trustee.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  3.] 

Trustees — Terms. 

Sec.  2061.  There  shall  be  elected  in  each  high  school  dis- 
trict at  the  regular  annual  school  election  on  the  first  Monday 
in  May  of  each  year,  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  by  law 
for  the  election  of  trustees  for  school  districts,  except  as  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  section,  three  trustees  for  such  high 
school  district,  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  two  years 
and  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  On  the 
next  succeeding  first  Monday  in  May  after  the  establishment 
of  a  high  school  district  there  shall  be  elected  in  said  district 
six  trustees,  who  shall  be  divided  into  two  classes  of  three 
each.  The  term  of  those  in  the  first  class  shall  expire  one 
year  from  the  first  Monday  in  May  following  their  election, 
and  the  term  of  those  in  the  second  class  shall  expire  two  years 
from  the  first  Monday  in  May  following  their  election.  When 
a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  trustees  in  said  district  by 
death,  resignation,  removal  from  the  district  or  otherwise,  the- 
fact  of  said  vacancy  shall  be  immediately  certified  by  the  secre- 
tary, and  such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  said 
board  of  trustees  until  the  next  annual  election,  at  which  time 
such  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  election.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 
Sec.  11.] 

Quorum. 

Sec.  2062.  A  majority  of  such  board  of  trustees  shall 
constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  all  business,  but 
four  votes  shall  be  required  to  decide  any  question.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  12.] 

Where  Located. 

Sec.  2063.  The  high  school  in  said  district  shall  be  located 
at  the  county  seat  of  government  whenever  said  county  seat 


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is  within  the  territory  constituting  such  district,  and  a  high 
school  may  be  located  in  any  other  district  selected  by  the 
electors  of  said  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  13;  S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  4.] 

Powers  of  Board — Officers. 

Sec.  2064.  At  their  first  meeting  in  each  year  the  trustees 
shall  choose  from  their  number  a  president  and  a  secretary, 
who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  their  successors  are 
chosen  and  qualified.  The  county  treasurer  of  the  county 
wherein  such  high  school  district  is,  shall  be  the  custodian  of 
all  funds  available  for  such  school  purposes,  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter.  Payment  shall  be  made  by  said  treas- 
urer upon  warrants,  drawn  against  said  funds  duly  signed  by 
the  president  and  secretary.  The  trustees  shall  have  author- 
ity to  make  all  necessary  rules  for  the  government  of  said  high 
school  not  inconsistent  with  law,  and  shall  possess  all  powers 
which  may  be  delegated  to  the  board  of  trustees  in  other 
school  districts,  at  the  annual  meetings  thereof.  Such  high 
school  districts  shall  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  regular  consti- 
tuted school  districts  of  the  county,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  and 
shall  receive  all  the  rights  and  benefits  as  such.  [S.  L  1905 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  14.] 

Tax  Levy — Bonds. 

Sec.  2065.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  board  of  trustees 
after  any  election  in  each  year,  or  at  any  appropriate  time,  the 
said  trustees  shall  make  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  funds 
needed  for  building  purposes,  for  the  payment  of  teachers' 
wages  and  for  the  payment  of  contingent  expenses,  and  they 
shall  present  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  a  certified 
estimate  of  the  tax  required  to  raise  the  amount  desired  for 
such  purpose.  But  in  no  case  shall  the  tax  for  such  purpose 
exceed  in  any  one  year  the  amount  of  ten  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  in  said  district,  and  when  the  tax  is 
levied  for  the  payment  of  teachers'  wages  and  contingent  ex- 
penses only,  it  shall  not  exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar. 

Provided,  That  said  trustees  may,  if  in  their  judgment 
they  think  best,  bond  said  district  for  the  purpose  of  raising 
money  necessary  to  build,  equip  a  high  school  in  said  district, 
and  to  purchase  a  suitable  site  therefor.  But  no  bonds  shall 
ever  be  issued  to  pay  teachers'  salaries,  or  for  the  general 
expenses  in  maintaining  said  school,  or,  further,  that  no  bonds 
shall  be  issued,  by  such  district  beyond  the  united  bonding 
capability  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  district,  tak- 
ing into  consideration  existing  obligations  thereof  at  the  time 
of  the  creation  of  such  high  school  district,  nor  shall  the 


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issuance  of  any  such  bonds  impair  any  outstanding  obligations 
of  any  portion  of  the  territory  embraced  within  such  high 
school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  15.] 

Submission  of  Bonding1  Question  to  Electors. 

Sec.  2066.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  high  school  dis- 
trict, whenever  a  majority  of  the  board  shall  so  desire,  may 
submit  to  the  electors  of  said  district  the  question  of  whether 
the  board  shall  issue  bonds  of  said  district  for  the  purchase 
or  erection  of  a  building  for  high  school  purposes  and  the 
equipment  and  for  a  suitable  site  therefor,  provided  that  no 
such  district  shall  be  bonded  for  the  above  purpose  in  any 
amount  to  exceed  $50,000.00  and  provided  such  bonds  must 
run  a  term  of  twenty-five  years  or  less,  but  110  longer,  and 
provided  any  such  issue  of  bonds  shall  not  increase  the  school 
indebtedness  of  the  territory  of  said  district  beyond  the  maxi- 
mum limit  fixed  by  the  state  constitution.  Said  election  shall 
be  held  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  this  chapter  for  the  sub- 
mission of  the  question  of  the  establishment  of  said  high 
school  district,  except  that  the  board  of  high  school  trustees 
shall  officiate  in  the  place  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers in  giving  the  notices  for  and  in  determining  the  result 
of  said  election.  The  ballot  shall  be  in  the  form  as  follows; 

"Shall  bonds  be  issued  and  sold  to  the  amount  $ , 

bearing  per  cent  interest,  for  the  purpose  of  pur- 
chasing a  school  lot  and  building  a  school  thereon  and  to  equip 
the  same?" 

"Bonds,  Yes." 
"Bonds,  No." 

The  ballots  herein  provided  for  shall  be  printed  and  fur- 
nished in  sufficient  quantities  at  the  different  polling  places 
for  the  use  of  the  electors  by  the  board  of  high  school  trustees. 
The  elector  shall  prepare  his  ballot  by  crossing  out  thereon 
parts  of  the  ballots  in  such  a  manner  that  the  remaining  part 
shall  express  his  vote  upon  the  question  submitted.  If  a 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  are  "Bonds,  Yes," 
the  board  of  high  school  trustees  shall  issue  such  bonds  in  such 
form  as  the  board  may  direct  and  shall  bear  the  signature  of 
the  president  and  the  secretary  of  such  board  written  in  ink. 
The  coupons  attached  to  said  bonds  shall  be  signed  in  the  same 
manner.  Lithographic  or  fac  simile  signatures  of  the  president 
and  secretary  may  be  affixed  to  the  coupons  only  when  so 
stated  in  the  bonds.  Each  bond  so  issued  shall  be^  registered 
by  the  county  treasurer  in  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose, 
which  shall  show  the  number  and  amount  of  each  bond  and  the 


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person  to  whom  same  is  issued.  Said  bonds  shall  be  sold  by 
said  trustees  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  sale  of  school  dis- 
trict bonds,  and  the  moneys  arising  from  the  sale  thereof  shall 
be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  county  to  the  credit  of  said  high 
school  district.  The  faith  of  the  said  high  school  district  is 
solemnly  pledged  for  the  interest  and  redemption  of  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  bonds  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 
The  county  commissioners  at  the  time  of  making  the  levy  of 
taxes  for  county  purposes  shall  levy  a  tax  for  that  year  upon 
the  taxable  property  in  said  high  school  district  for  the  interest 
and  redemption  of  said  bonds,  and  said  tax  must  not  be  less 
than  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  of  said  bonds  for  that  year 
and  such  proportion  of  the  principal  as  will  come  due  during 
such  year,  and  in  any  event  must  be  high  enough  to  raise  an- 
nually for  the  first  half  of  the  term,  (and)  high  enough  to  pay 
such  annual  interest  and  to  pay  annually  a  portion  of  the 
principal  of  said  bonds  equal  to  the  sum  pledged  by  taking  the 
whole  amount  of  said  bonds  outstanding  and  dividing  it  by  the 
number  of  years  for  which  said  bonds  have  to  run,  and  all 
moneys  so  collected  must  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury  to 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district  and  kept  in  a  separate 
fund,  and  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and 
interest  on  said  bonds,  and  for  no  other  purpose.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  16.] 

Payment  of  Bonds. 

Sec.  2067.  Said  bonds  shall  be  paid,  principal  and  inter- 
est, in  the  manner  provided  for  the  payment  of  school  district 
bonds.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  17.] 

Estimate  for  Maintenance  When  Bonds  Are  Issued. 

Sec.  2068.  In  case  bonds  are  issued,  then  the  trustees,  in 
making  estimates  for  the  maintenance  of  the  high  school,  shall 
not  include  estimates  for  buildings  or  whatever  said  bonds 
are  issued  for.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  18.] 

Collection  of  Tax. 

Sec.  2069.  The  tax  provided  for  in  Section  2065  shall  be 
levied  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  county  taxes, 
and  when  collected  the  county  treasurer  shall  place  the  same  to 
the  credit  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67, 

Sec.  19.] 

Record  of  Proceedings. 

Sec.  2070.  The  said  board  of  trustees  of  said  high  school 
district  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  the  official  acts  done  by  said 
board,  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  all  warrants  issued  against 


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the  moneys  belonging  to  said  high  school  district.  Payments 
of  money  can  only  be  made  upon  warrants  drawn  against  funds 
belonging  to  said  high  school  district  and  the  warrants  so 
drawn  must  specify  upon  their  face  the  purpose  for  which 
funds,  called  for  by  the  warrants  so  issued.  Said  board  of 
trustees  of  said  high  school  district  shall  provide,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  their  district  and  for  said  district,  a  seal,  upon  which 

shall  be  engraved  the  words  " County  High 

School,  State  of  Wyoming,"  said  blank  space  to  contain  the 
name,  of  the  county  wherein  is  located  such  high  school  district. 
The  seal  shall  be  kept  in  possession  of  the  clerk  of  said  dis- 
trict. Said  seal  shall  be  affixed  to  all  communications  or  no- 
tices required  by  law  to  be  sent  or  published  by  said  high 
school  board  and  to  all  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treasurer  of 
said  high  school  trustees.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  57,  Sec.  5.] 

Trustees  Provide  Suitable  Buildings. 

Sec.  2071.  The  said  board  of  trustees  shall  proceed  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  their  appointment  and  qualification 
to  establish  the  high  school  contemplated  by  this  chapter,  and 
may  at  their  discretion  lease  suitable  buildings  for  the  use  of 
the  high  school  while  the  new  buildings  are  in  process  of 
erection,  or  may  contract  with  the  trustees  of  the  local  school 
district,  or  with  other  parties  for  the  use  of  suitable  buildings 
for  such  high  school  purpose,  and  for  such  time  as  may  be 
deemed  best  for  the  interest  of  such  high  school  district,  and 
if  at  any  time  the  qualified  electors  of  such  district  shall  vote 
bonds,  as  herein  provided,  said  trustees  shall  select  the  best 
site  that  can  be  obtained  and  the  title  thereto,  upon  procuring 
such  site,  purchased  or  otherwise,  shall  vest  in  such  high  school 
district  under  the  name  herein  provided  for  and  the  trustees 
shall  then  proceed  to  make  purchase  of  material  and  to  build 
said  building  thereon,  or  to  let  such  contracts  for  the  neces- 
sary school  buildings  as  they  may  deem  proper.  They  shall 
not,  however,  make  any  purchase  or  enter  into  any  contract 
whereby  obligations  are  assumed  in  excess  of  the  amount  of 
funds  on  hand  or  available  through  the  levy  of  taxes  or  the  is- 
suance of  bonds  for  the  current  year.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
21.] 

Employment  of  Faculty. 

Sec.  2072.  After  suitable  buildings  are  secured  as  herein 
above  provided  for  the  carrying  on  of  said  high  school,  the 
trustees  shall  employ  some  suitable  person  to  take  charge  of 
said  school,  who  shall  be  known  as  principal  of  said  school, 
and  who  shall  possess  such  qualifications  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  said  board  of  trustees,  except  that  said  principal  shall  be 


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required  to  possess  at  least  five  years'  experience  in  teaching, 
and  the  trustees  shall  furnish  such  assistant  teachers  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  and  shall  designate  the  salaries  which 
shall  be  paid  such  principal  and  assistant  teachers.  [S.  L. 
1905,  Ch.  67-  Sec.  22.] 

Government. 

Sec.  2073.  The  principal  of  any  such  high  school,  with 
the  approval  of  the  board  of  trustees,  shall  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  deemed  proper  in  regard  to  study, 
conduct  and  government  of  the  pupils  under  his  charge;  and 
if  any  such  pupil  shall  not  conform  to  or  obey  the  rules  of  the 
school,  they  may  be  suspended  or  expelled  therefrom  by  the 
board  of  trustees.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  23.] 

Courses  of  Study. 

Sec.  2074.  There  shall  be  provided  such  courses  of  study 
as  will  prepare  and  fit  a  student  attending  such  high  school 
for  admission  to  the  university  of  this  state,  and  such  courses 
of  study  must  be  sufficient  for  such  purposes.  [S.  L.  1905, 
Ch.  67,  Sec.  24.] 

Tuition — Admission. 

Sec.  2075.  Tuition  shall  be  free  to  all  pupils  who  are 
bona  fide  residents  of  said  high  school  district.  The  board  of 
trustees  shall  make  such  general  rules  and  regulations  as  they 
deem  proper  in  regard  to  age  and  grade  of  attainments  es- 
sential to  entitle  pupils  to  admission  to  said  school;  Provided, 
That  no  person  shall  be  admitted  to  such  high  school  who  shall 
not  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination,  or  who  does  not 
hold  an  eighth  grade  common  school  certificate.  If  there  shall 
be  more  applicants  than  can  be  accommodated  at  any  one  time, 
each  district  shall  be  entitled  to  send  its  proportionate  number 
of  pupils  according  to  the  number  of  pupils  it  may  have  as 
shown  by  the  last  report  of  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  and  the  boards  of  the  respective  school  districts  shall 
designate  such  pupils  as  shall  attend  subject  to  the  proviso 
above  stated.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  25.] 

Admission  of  Pupils  from  Other  Districts. 

Sec.  2076.  If  at  any  time  the  school  can  accommodate 
more  pupils  than  apply  for  admission  from  the  district,  the 
vacancies  may  be  filled  by  applicants  from  other  counties  or 
school  districts,  upon  the  payment  of  such  tuition  as  the  board 
of  trustees  may  prescribe,  but  at  no  time  shall  such  pupils  re- 
main in  said  school  to  the  exclusion  of  pupils  residing  in  the 
district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec.  26.] 


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Mileage  of  Trustees — No  Compensation — Reports. 

Sec.  2077.  The  trustees  of  said  high  school  district  who 
do  not  reside  at  the  place  where  said  high  school  is  established 
are  entitled  to  mileage  in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  board. 
The  trustees  of  said  high  school  shall  serve  without  compensa- 
tion, and  the  board  shall  make  such  reports  from  time  to  time 
as  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  or  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  may  require.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch. 
67,  Sec.  27.] 

Certificates  of  Graduation — Admission  to  State  University. 

Sec.  2078.  Upon  the  presentation  of  a  certificate  of  gradu- 
ation from  any  such  high  school  within  one  year  of  the  date 
of  same,  to  any  state  institution  of  learning,  the  person  pre- 
senting the  same  may  be  admitted  without  further  examina- 
tion to  said  institution  of  learning.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 
28.] 

No  Tuition  to  Bona  Fide  Residents. 

Sec.  2079.  Such  high  school  shall  be  free  to  all  persons 
of  school  age,  possessing  the  qualifications,  who  are  bona  fide 
residents  of  said  high  school  district.  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  67,  Sec. 

29.] 

Districts — How  Annexed. 

Sec.  2080.  Whenever  any  "high  school  district"  shall 
have  been  created  in  any  county  under  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  any  school  district  in  the  county  wherein  said 
"high  school  district"  is  located  shall  not,  at  the  time  of  the 
election  on  the  establishment  of  such  "high  school  district," 
cast  a  majority  vote  in  favor  of  such  proposition,  such  school 
district  may  at  any  time  thereafter  become  a  part  of  such 
"high  school  district"  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  L] 

Petition  for  Annexation. 

Sec.  2081.  Whenever  ten  freeholders  in  any  such  school 
district  mentioned  in  Section  2080  hereof,  not  incorporated 
within  such  high  school  district  as  mentioned  in  Section  2080 
hereof,  shall  petition  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  the 
county  wherein  said  'school  district  is  located  to  make  such 
school  district  a  part  of  such  "high  school  district"  as  men- 
tioned in  Section  2080  hereof,  describing  the  lands  embraced 
in  said  school  district  by  townships  and  ranges,  or  fractions  of 
townships,  the  said  board  shall,  at  their  first  meeting  there- 
after, give  twenty  days'  notice  by  publication  in  the  official 
paper  of  said  county  that  the  question  whether  such  territory 
shall  be  incorporated  within  said  "high  school  district"  will 


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be  submitted  to  the  electors  of  such  school  district  at  a  desig- 
nated time,  which  shall  not  exceed  thirty  days  from  the  expira- 
tion of  said  twenty  days'  notice.  In  addition  to  said  notice  the 
trustees  in  said  school  district  thus  intended  to  be  incorporated 
into  the  said  "high  school  district"  shall  be  notified  imme- 
diately after  the  first  publication  of  said  notice  by  such  board 
of  county  commissioners  of  the  holding  of  such  election,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  school  trustees  to  post  a  copy  of  said 
published  notice  on  the  front  door  of  each  school  house  in  said 
school  district.  [S.  L.  1907, 'Ch.  58,  Sec.  2.] 

Submission  of  Question. 

Sec.  2082.  Such  election  shall  be  conducted  in  all  respects 
as  near  as  may  be,  as  provided  in  Sections  2054,  2055,  2056, 
2057,  and  2058,  and  the  duties  and  acts  to  be  performed  shall 
be  performed  in  the  same  manner,  and  by  the  same  persons 
as  therein  specified.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  3.] 

Returns — Commissioners'  Action. 

Sec.  2083.  When  the  returns  of  such  election  shall  have 
been  received  by  the  county  clerk,  of  said  county,  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  proceed  without  delay  to  can- 
vass the  same,  determine  and  declare  the  result  of  such  elec- 
tion, and  enter  the  same  upon  their  minutes,  and  if  a  majority 
vote  of  such  school  district  has  been  cast  in  favor  of  incorporat- 
ing such  school  district  within  said  "high  school  district," 
then  such  school  district  shall  at  once  become  a  part  of  and  be 
incorporated  within  such  "high  school  district"  with  the  same 
force  and  effect  and  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  though 
originally  embraced  therein,  and  for  the  purpose  of  maintain- 
ing and  supporting  the  said  "high  school  district"  and  its 
purposes  and  objects  and  to  pay  the  current  or  other  expenses, 
or  pay  the  bonded  indebtedness  or  the  interest  thereon,  the 
property  of  such  school  district,  so  incorporated  within  said 
"high  school  district"  so  incorporated  shall  after  such  incor- 
poration in  each  year  be  subject  to  the  same  taxation  as  the 
property  of  the  other  territory  embraced  within  said  "high 
school  district"  and  be  subject  to  all  the  laws,  rules  and  regu- 
lations governing  such  "high  school  district"  as  though  origi- 
nally incorporated  therein.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  58,  Sec.  4.] 


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GENERAL  ELECTIONS. 

Vacancy  in  State  Office. 

Sec.  2087.  At  each  of  said  general  elections  there  shall 
also  be  elected  such  state  officers  as  may  be  required  to  be 
elected  to  fill  any  vacancy  occurring  by  operation  of  law,  or 
the  constitution  of  this  state,  including  any  vacancy  or  vacan- 
cies in  the  office  of  justice  of  the  supreme  court.  [S.  L.  1890- 
91,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  4.] 

State  Officers. 

Sec.  2088.  At  the  general  election  held  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  at  the  general 
election  held  every  fourth  year  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected 
a  governor,  a  secretary  of  state,  an  auditor,  a  treasurer,  a  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction,  and  such  other  state  officers  as 
are,  or  may  be,  created  by  law,  and  made  elective,  whose  elec- 
tion shall  occur,  or  ought  to  occur  at  such  general  election. 
[S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  68,  Sec.  6.] 

County  Officers  to  Be  Elected. 

Sec.  2091.  The  following  county  and  precinct  officers  shall 
hold  their  office  by  election;  and  there  shall  be  held  in  the 
several  voting  precincts  of  this  state,  on  the  Tuesday  next  fol- 
lowing the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-two,  and  on  the  Tues- 
day next  following  the  first  Monday  in  November,  in  each 
second  year  thereafter,  a  general  election  at  which  the  follow- 
ing county  and  precinct  officers  shall  be  elected : 

The  clerk. 

The  commissioners. 

The  surveyors. 

The  sheriff. 

The  county  treasurer. 

The  county  and  prosecuting  attorney. 

The  superintendent  of  schools. 

The  assessor. 

The  coroner. 

The  justices  of  the  peace. 

The  constables. 

The  clerk  of  the  district  court  for  each  county,  whenever 
his  term  of  office  shall  expire  before  the  next  general  election, 
or  whenever  a  vacancy  therein  is  to  be  filled,  and  such  other 
county  and  precinct  officers  which  may  be  created  and  made 
elective  by  law.  In  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  not 


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exceeding  five  million  dollars,  the  county  clerk  shall  be  ex- 
officio  clerk  of  the  district  court,  and  shall  perform  all  the 
duties  pertaining  to  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
but  shall  receive  no  additional  or  separate  compensation  there- 
for. [S.  L.  1890-91,  Ch.  100,  Sec.  3.] 

Relating  to  General  Elections — Who  May  Vote, 

Sec.  2092.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided  every  person 
shall  be  qualified  and  entitled  to  vote  who  is  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  and  over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  who 
has  been  a  bona  fide  resident  of  Wyoming  for  one  year  and 
of  the  county  wherein  his  residence  is  located  sixty  days  next 
preceding  the  election  at  which  he  votes  and  of  the  election 
district  he  seeks  to  vote  for  a  period  of  ten  days  next  pre- 
ceding election  and  who  shall  be  able  to  read  the  constitution 
of  this  state  and  who  has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  law 
concerning  registration:  Provided,  however,  That  any  person 
prevented  by  physical  disability  from  being  able  to  read  the 
constitution  of  this  state  shall  not  for  this  reason  while  labor- 
ing under  such  disability  be  deprived  of  his  right  to  vote ;  Pro- 
vided, further,  That  where  any  qualified  elector  who  has  reg- 
istered in  any  other  precinct  in  such  city  or  town  before  the 
date  of  election,  such  voter  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  in  the  pre- 
cinct where  registered ;  Provided,  further,  That  any  person 
who  is  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  who  was  a  qualified 
elector  on  the  tenth  day  of  July  in  the  year  1890  and  who  has 
since  then  continued  to  be  a  resident  in  this  state  and  who 
has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  law  concerning  registra- 
tion shall  continue  to  be  an  elector  of  this  state;  and,  Pro- 
vided, moreover,  That  any  person  who  is  serving  in  the  army 
of  the  United  States  or  is  an  officer  or  soldier  and  who  is  resid- 
ing on  any  military  reservation  in  this  state  shall  not  be  en- 
titled to  vote  at  any  election  held  in  this  state  unless  such 
person  has  acquired  the  rights  of  citizenship  by  residence 
therein  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  one  year  while  serving  in 
the  army  of  the  United  States  as  such  officer  or  soldier.  [S. 
L.  1911,  Ch.  60,  Sec.  1.] 

Special  County  Elections  Shall  Be  Ordered  by  County  Com- 
missioners. 

Sec.  2110.  All  special  elections  for  county  and  precinct 
officers  shall  be  ordered  by  the  county  commissioners,  which 
order  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  53.] 

Vacancy  in  Office — Who  Determines  Fact  Of. 

Sec.  2112.  Whenever  it  is  alleged  that  a  vacancy  in  any 
office  exists,  the  officer,  court  or  county  board,  whose  duty  it 


84  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

is  to  fill  the  vacancy,  by  appointment,  or  to  order  an  election 
to  fill  such  vacancy,  shall  have  power  to  determine  whether  or 
not  the  facts  occasioning  such  vacancy  exist.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch. 
80,  Sec.  47;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  217.] 

Sec.  2113.  Who  May  Vote  at  Special  Elections.  All  per- 
sons who  have  registered  either  during  the  registration  period 
immediately  preceding  a  special  election,  or  a  municipal  elec- 
tion, or  who  have  registered  less  than  two  years  before  such 
election,  during  a  regular  registration  period  for  county  elec- 
tions, or  during  any  special  or  municipal  registration  period, 
subsequent  to  such  regular  county  election,  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  such  special  election,  or  municipal  election  as  the 
case  may  be,  in  the  precinct  in  which  they  registered.  The 
provisions  of  law  governing  registration  and  elections  shall 
apply  to  all  special  elections  and  municipal  elections.  [L. 
1895,  Ch.  77,  Sec.  1 ;  R,  S.  1899,  Sec.  218.] 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Qualifications  of  Office  Holders. 

Sec.  2273.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  any  office  who, 
at  the  time  he  is  chosen  and  during  his  encumbency  therein, 
is  not  a  qualified  elector  and  an  actual  resident  of  the  district, 
countv,  town,  ward  or  precinct,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  which 
>he  holds  such  office.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  6.f 

Woman  Suffrage. 

Sec.  2274.  When  they  possess  the  other  qualifications  of 
an  elector,  the  rights  of  women  to  the  elective  franchise  and 
to  hold  office  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  men.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  7.] 

Persons  Disqualified  from  Voting  or  Holding  Office. 

Sec.  2275.  The  following  persons  shall  not  vote  or  hold 
office: 

One  who  is  under  guardianship. 

One  who  is  non  compos  mentis. 

One  who  has  been  within  Wyoming  convicted  of  any  fel- 
ony, unless  restored  to  civil  rights  by  pardon. 

One  who  has  made  or  become,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
interested  in  any  bet  or  wager  depending  upon  the  result  of 
the  election  at  which  he  or  she  shall  offer  to  vote.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  80,  Sec.  8.] 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  85 

Resignation  of  Elective  Offices. 

Sec.  2276.  Resignation  of  elective  offices  shall  be  made 
to  the  officer,  court  or  county  board  authorized  by  law  to  fill 
a  vacancy  in  such  office  by  appointment  or  to  order  an  election, 
to  fill  such  vacancy.  [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  43.] 

Vacancies  in  Elective  Offices — How  Made. 

Sec.  2277.  Every  elective  office  shall  become  vacant  on 
the  happening  of  either  of  the  following  events  to  the  incum- 
bent before  the  end  of  his  term  of  office: 

1.  His  death. 

2.  His  resignation. 

3.  His  becoming  insane  or  non  compos  mentis. 

4.  His  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  state,  or  if  the 
office  is  local,  his  ceasing  to  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  district, 
town,  ward  or  precinct  for  which  he  was  elected. 

5.  His  conviction  of  an  infamous  crime  or  of  any  offense 
involving  a  violation  of  official  oath. 

6.  His  removal  from  office. 

7.  His  refusal  or  neglect  to  take  his  oath  of  office,  or  to 
give  or  renew  his  official  bond,  or  to  deposit  or  file  such  oath 
or  bond  within  the  time  prescribed  by  law. 

8.  The   decision   of   a   competent   tribunal   declaring   his 
election  void.     [S.  L.  1890,  Ch.  80,  Sec.  45.] 


TAXATION  AND  REVENUE. 

Purposes  for  Which  Taxes  Levied — Limitations  Upon  Amount. 

Sec.  2320.  There  shall  be  levied  and  assessed  upon  the 
taxable  real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  in  each 
year,  the  following  taxes: 

First — For  state  revenue,  four  mills  on  the  dollar  when 
no  rate  is  directed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization  before 
the  date  in  each  year  when  the  tax  ought  to  be  levied  and 
assessed,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  tax  for  state  revenue  pur- 
poses exceed  said  four  mills  on  the  dollar ;  -except  for  the  sup- 
port of  state  educational  and  charitable  institutions,  the  pay- 
ment of  the  state  debt  and  the  interest  thereon. 

Second — The  county  commissioners  shall  annually  levy  a 
tax  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools  in  their  county,  not 
to  exceed  three  mills  on  the  dollar.  For  county  revenue  for 
all  purposes  there  shall  be  levied  annually  a  tax,  but  the  aggre- 


86  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

gate  tax  for  county  revenue,  including  general  school  tax, 
shall  not  exceed  twelve  mills  on  the  dollar,  exclusive  of  state 
revenue,  except  for  the  payment  of  its  public  debt  and  the  in- 
terest thereon.  An  additional  tax  of  two  dollars  for  each  per- 
son between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years  and  fifty  years, 
inclusive,  shall  be  annually  levied  for  county  school  purposes; 
Provided,  always,  That  the  board  of  county  commissioners  in 
each  and  every  county  of  this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one 
year,  from  out  of  the  revenue  so  raised,  for  the  support  of  the 
poor  and  lunatic  purposes,  a  sum  amounting  to  more  than  two 
mills  on  the  dollar  for  each  and  every  dollar  of  the  assessed 
valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for  the  then  cur- 
rent year;  for  road  purposes,  a  sum  not  amounting  to  more 
than  three  mills  on  the .  dollar  of  each  and  every  dollar  of 
assessed  valuation  of  the  property  within  their  county  for  the 
then  current  year.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  102.] 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2321.  The  following  described  property  is  hereby 
exempted  from  taxation:  First — The  property  of  the  United 
States  and  of  "this  state,  the  property  of  any  county,  township, 
incorporated  cities,  towns  and  school  districts ;  public  libraries, 
lots  with  buildings  thereon  used  exclusively  for  religious  wor- 
ship; church  parsonages;  public  grounds  by  whomsoever  do- 
nated to  the  public,  including  all  places  for  the  burial  of  the 
dead.  Second — Fire  engines  and  all  implements  used  for  ex- 
tinguishing fires,  with  the  grounds  used  exclusively  for  the 
buildings  of  a  fire  company  or  companies.  Third — Household 
and  kitchen  furniture,  beds  and  bedding,  wearing  apparel  of 
every  person,  and  the  food  provided  for  each  family,  not  to 
exceed  in  all  the  value  of  one  hundred  dollars.  Fourth — The 
polls  of  all  persons  who  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  fifty  years. 
Fifth — The  property  engaged  and  used  in  the  manufacture  of 
beet  sugar  or  any  of  the  products  of  sugar  beets,  in  the  state 
of  Wyoming,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  annually  during 
the  actual  use  of  such  property  for  such  purpose,  for  a  period 
of  ten  years.  No  factory  thus  engaged  shall  be  entitled  to 
such  exemption  unless  at  least  seventy-five  per  centum  of  the 
sugar  beets  consumed  therein  during  each  year  shall  have  been 
grown  in  Wyoming;  Provided,  Sufficient  supply  can  be  ob- 
tained in  this  state.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch.  52;  S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  50.] 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2322.  That  lands,  with  the  buildings  thereon,  used 
for  schools,  orphan  asylums  or  hospitals,  and  for  lodge  rooms 
for  the  meetings  of  all  secret,  benevolent  and  charitable  so- 
cieties or  associations  shall  be  exempted  from  taxation  so  long 


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as  said  lands  and  buildings  are  not  used  for  private  profit.     [S. 
L.  1901,  Ch.  5.] 

Note.— See  also  Chapters  34  and  52,  pages  117  and  121. 

Bonds  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  2323.  Coupon  or  registered  interest  bearing  bonds 
of  the  state  of  Wyoming,  or  any  county,  school  district,  or  mu- 
nicipality of  the  state  of  Wyoming  shall  be  exempt  from  taxa- 
tion when  owned  by  actual  residents  of  the  state,  provided, 
that  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  securities  shall  list  the  same 
annually  on  their  assessment  schedule,  describing  such  bonds 
and  the  amount  thereof,  and  shall  mark  opposite  thereto,  on 
such  schedule,  "exempt,"  [S.  L.  1905,  Ch.  17.] 

What  Property  Subject  to  Taxation. 

Sec.  2324.  All  other  property,  real  and  personal,  within 
this  state  is  subject  to  taxation  in  the  manner  herein  directed, 
and  this  section  is  intended  to  embrace  lands  and  lots  in  towns, 
including  lands  bought  from  the  United  States,  whether  bought 
on  a  credit  or  otherwise;  buildings  or  improvements  erected 
upon  lands,  the  title  to  which  still  remains  in  the  United  States, 
or  in  any  incorporated  company,  and  all  lands  entered  by 
pre-emption,  final  or  commuted  homestead,  or  as  desert  land, 
or  at  private  or  public  sale,  or  under  any  act  of  congress,  when 
final  receipt  therefor  has  been  issued,  shall  be  subject  to 
taxation  whether  patent  for  the  same  has  been  issued  or  not, 
and  when  such  final  proof  shall  have  been  made  before  the  1st 
day  of  April  in  any  year,  the  land  so  entered  shall  be  subject 
to  taxation  for  that  year.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
commissioners  of  each  county  to  obtain  from  the  officers  of 
the  United  States  land  district  in  which  the  county  may  be 
situated,  an  accurate  transcript  and  plat  of  all  entries  and 
sales  of  public  land  which  may  or  should  be  subject  to  taxation 
under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  state,  described 
by  land  numbers  in  their  respective  counties.  Such  transcripts 
shall  be  filed  and  preserved  in  their  office,  and  they  shall  have 
the  same  corrected  each  year  by  obtaining  as  aforesaid,  addi- 
tional or  supplementary  transcripts.  On  the  first  Monday  in 
April  of  each  year,  they  shall  cause  to  be  furnished. to  the 
county  assessor  of  the  county,  a  true  and  correct  plat  or  plats, 
corrected  as  aforesaid  of  all  lands  hereinbefore  described,  sit- 
uate in  the  county,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  re- 
quired to  make  any  appropriation  necessary  to  secure  the 
execution  of  the  work  provided  for  in  this  section.  Ferries, 
franchises  and  toll-bridges,  all  of  which,  for  the  purpose  of 
this  chapter,  shall  be  considered  real  property.  Horses  and 
neat  cattle,  mules  and  asses,  sheep,  swine,  goats,  and  all  dogs 


88  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING 

and  other  animals;  money  in  bank  bills,  coin  or  gold  dust, 
whether  in  possession  or  on  deposit ;  property,  money  or  labor, 
due  from  solvent  debtors  on  contract,  or  on  judgment,  and 
whether  within  this  state  or  not;  mortgages  and  other  like 
securities,  stock  or  shares  in  any  bank  or  company,  incorpor- 
ated or  otherwise  and  whether  incorporated  by  this  or  any 
other  state,  and  whether  situated  in  this  state  or  not ;  public 
stocks  or  loans,  household  furniture  not  otherwise  exempt,  in- 
cluding gold  and  silver  plate,  musical  instruments,  watches 
and  jewelry,  pleasure  carriages,  stages,  hacks,  omnibuses  and 
other  vehicles  for  transporting  passengers,  wagons,  carts,  drays, 
sleds,  and  every  other  description  of  vehicle  or  carriage,  all 
real  and  personal  property  within  this  state  of  every  kind 
and  description  not  heretofore  enumerated,  belonging  to  or 
claimed  by  any  incorporated  company,  whether  incorporated 
in  this  state  or  not,  annuities — but  not  including  pensions  from 
the  United  States,  or  any  state,  nor  salaries,  nor  p'ayment  for 
services  expected  to  be  rendered — and  all  other  property  not 
above  exempted,  although  not  herein  specified.  [S.  L.  1890-91, 
Ch.  36,  Sec.  2.] 
Time  of  Making  County  Levy — Form  of  Tax  List. 

Sec.  2343.  On  the  first  Monday  of  September,  of  each 
year,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall,  by  an  order 
to  be  entered  of  record  among  their  proceedings,  levy  the 
requisite  taxes  for  the  year,  and  the  same  may  be  levied  at  any 
time  prior  to  the  first  Monday  of  September,  if  the  statement 
and  notice  required  by  Section  2340  has  been  received  from 
the  auditor.  Immediately  after  the  taxes  have  been  levied 
the  county  assesor  shall  compute  the  taxes  from  the  credit 
valuations  as  corrected  by  the  board  of  equalization,  and  as 
entered  by  him  in  the  column  of  corrected  valuations  in  the 
combined  assessment  roll  and  tax  list ;  Provided,  That  all 
taxes  for  state  purposes  may  be  computed  as  a  whole  and  en- 
tered in  one  column.  The  state  examiner  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  prescribe  the  form  of  such  combined  assess- 
ment roll  and  tax  list,  which  shall  be  uniform  as  to  general 
requirements  in  all  counties  of  the  state.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec. 
3806 ;  R.  S.  1899,  Sec.  1781 ;  S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  10,  Sec.  1 ;  S.  L. 
1909,  Ch.  121,  Sec.  1.] 
Tax  for  School  Purposes. 

Sec.  2401.  The  county  commissioners  shall,  at  the  time 
of  levying  tax  for  county  purposes,  cause  to  be  levied  a  tax 
lor  the  support  of  schools  within  the  county,  as  provided  by 
law,  which  shall  .be  collected  by  the  county  collector,  at  the 
same  time,  and  in  the  same  manner  as  state  and  county  taxes 
are  collected,  with  the  exception  that  it  shall  be  receivable  in 


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cash  or  warrants  of  the  school  district.  The  county  treasurer 
shall,  at  all  times,  hold  subject  to  the  draft  of  the  proper  offi- 
cers, all  moneys  belonging  to  teachers'  or  school  house  fund. 

[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3964.] 

Assessments — When  Made. 

Sec.  2402.  Whenever  a  sum  of  money  has  been  voted  by 
a  school  district,  as  by  law  provided,  the  clerk  shall,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  directors,  make  out  and  certify  over  his 
official  signature,  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  his  district, 
and  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  cause 
the  same  to  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners;  the  clerk  shall  also  at  the  same  time 
notify  the  district  assesor  of  the  assessment  district  in  which 
said  school  district  is  situated,  in  writing,  of  the  action  of  the 
district.  Said  district  assessor  shall  at  the  time  of  making  the 
annual  assessment  of  his  district  also  assess  the  property  of 
each  school  district,  from  which  he  has  received  notification 
as  aforesaid,  and  return  to  the  supervising  assessor  at  the  time 
of  returning  the  assessment  schedules,  separate  schedules  list- 
ing the  property  of  each  school  district  by  him  assessed.  Said 
separate  schedule  shall  be  by  the  supervising  assessor,  com- 
piled, footed  and  returned  to  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers as  hereinbefore  provided  for  other  assessment  schedules. 
[S.  L.  1903,  Ch.  79,  Sec.  13.] 

Equalization  of  Assessment  and  Levy  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  2403.  The  board  of  county  commissioners  of  each 
county  shall  have  the  power  and  it  is  made  their  duty  to 
equalize  the  assessment  and  valuation  of  the  taxable  property 
of  all  the  several  school  districts  in  the  county  which  is  assess- 
able by  the  county  assessor,  and  shall  also  have  power  to  add 
to  such  assessment  any  taxable  property  in  such  school  district 
not  included  in  the  assessments  as  returned  by  the  assessor, 
and  which  it  was  his  duty  to  assess  in  the  same  manner  as  is  or 
hereafter  may  be  provided  by  law  for  county  and  state  pur- 
poses, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners when  making  the  annual  levy  for  taxes,  to  levy 
upon  the  taxable  property  of  each  school  district  a  tax  suffi- 
cient to  raise  the  amount  of  money  voted  in  the  district  for 
the  year,  which  levy  shall  also  be  made  upon  the  assessed  valua- 
tion of  railroad  and  telegraph  property  in  such  school  dis- 
trict as  assessed  by  the  state  board  of  equalization.  And  the 
county  clerk  in  making  out  the  annual  tax  list  shall  carry  out 
in  a  separate  column  the  amount  of  the  district  school  tax 
in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes.  [R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3966.] 


90  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Manner  of  collecting-  Taxes. 

Sec.  2404.  The  taxes  and  assessments  of  all  school  dis- 
tricts for  all  purposes,  except  as  otherwise  specially  provided 
by  law  shall  be  collected  like  county  taxes  and  all  delinquent 
taxes  shall  be  returned  by  the  collector  in  the  same  manner 
as  other  delinquent  taxes  are  required  by  law  to  be  returned. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3967.] 

To  Whom  School  Moneys  Paid. 

Sec.  2405.  The  amount  of  tax  collected  by  the  county 
collector  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  county  treasurer  like  other 
taxes,  and  shall  be  held  by  said  county  treasurer  subject  to 
the  draft  of  the  county  superintendent,  and  shall  be  paid  over 
accordingly;  Provided,  That  the  money  collected  on  the  dis- 
trict tax  rolls  shall  be  paid  by  the  collector  directly  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  proper  district,  and  his  receipt  taken  therefor. 
[R.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3968.] 

POLL  TAXES.     (See  Chap.  33,   page  114.) 

Land  Income  Funds  Available — When. 

Sec.  2485.  On  the  15th  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred 
and  ninety-nine,  and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second 
year  thereafter,  any  and  all  moneys  which  shall  be  in  either  of 
the  following  land  income  funds  shall  become  available,  and 
may  be  used  for  the  following  purposes,  respectively : 

First — The  ' '  deaf,  dumb  and  blind  land  income  fund, ' '  for 
the  support,  maintenance  and  education  of  all  such  deaf,  dumb 
and  blind  persons  as  are  or  may  hereafter  become  charges 
upon  the  state. 

Second — The  '  *  insane  anyslum  land  income  fund, ' '  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  insane  asylum  and  the 
inmates  thereof. 

Third— The  "fish  hatchery  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  state  fish  hatchery  in  Albany 
county. 

Fund  Appropriated. 

Sec.  1  The  sum  of  sixteen  thousand  seven  hundred 
thirty-five  dollars  and  ninety-five  cents  now  to  the  credit  of 
the  penitentiary  in  Albany  County  Land  Income  Fund,  to- 
gether with  any  further  amounts  which  may  accrue  thereto,  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  payment  of  expenses  heretofore 
or  hereafter  accruing  for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the 
state  penitentiary  located  in  Carbon  county,  and  the  care  and 
subsistence  of  the  convicts  therein. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  91 

Repeal, 

Sec.  2.  The  fourth  sub-division  of  Section  2485  of  the 
Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  relating  to  the  fund 
named  in  Section  1  of  this  act  is  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  22,  1913. 

Fifth — The  ''university  land  income  fund,"  for  the  sup- 
port and  maintenance  of  the  state  university  at  Laramie,  the 
same  to  be  paid  by  the  state  treasurer  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  state  university  upon  the  warrant  of 
the  state  auditor  to  be  issued  upon  request  of  said  board  of 
trustees. 

Sixth — The  "state  charitable,  educational,  penal  and  re- 
formatory institutions  land  income  fund,"  for  the  custody, 
support  and  maintenance  of  state  convicts  and  persons  con- 
fined at  the  expense  of  the  state  in  reformatory  institutions 
within  or  without  the  state. 

Seventh — The  "penal,  reformatory  or  educational  insti- 
tution in  Carbon  county  land  income  fund,"  for  and  toward 
the  completion,  furnishing  and  maintenance  of  the  peniten- 
tiary at  Rawlins,  in  Carbon  county. 

Eighth — The  "miners'  hospital  land  income  fund,"  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  the  Wyoming  general  hospital,  at 
Rock  Springs. 

Ninth — The  "public  building  at  the  capital  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  furnishing  of  the 
capitol  building. 

Tenth — The  "poor  farm  in  Fremont  county  land  income 
fund,"  for  the  care,  repair,  maintenance  and  improvement  of 
the  poor  farm  in  Fremont  county. 

On  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and 
one,  and  on  the  15th  day  of  January  of  each  second  year  there- 
after, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  treasurer  to  make  a 
report  to  the  governor  and  to  the  senate  and  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, showing  the  amount  of  money  in  each  of  said  land 
income  funds  on  that  date.  [S.  L.  1897,  Ch.  30.] 


92  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING 

TAXATION  AND  REVENUE.     (Continued.) 

Chapter  106,  Session  Laws  of  1911. 

City  or  Town. 

Sec.  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  city  or  town 
council,  or  other  officer  or  officers  authorized  or  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  under  the  laws  of  the  state,  to  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
tax  levy  for  city  or  town  purposes  on  the  assessed  valuation 
of  all  taxable  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of  their  re- 
spective cities  or  towns,  to  hereafter  direct,  fix  or  make  any 
such  tax  levy  which  will  produce  a  sum  of  money  increasing 
by  more  than  two  per  cent  the  total  produced  within  their 
respective  jurisdictions  by  the  tax  levied  for  town  or  city  pur- 
poses for  the  preceding  year.  Provided,  however,  That  if,  in 
any  city  or  town,  it  shall  be  found  to  be  unnecessary  in  any 
year  to  raise  any  revenue  for  city  or  town  purposes  by  direct 
taxation,  no  levy  shall  be  made  for  such  purposes,  and  in  that 
case  the  limitation  in  this  section  provided  shall  thereafter 
relate  back  to  the  last  preceding  year  in  which  a  levy  was 
made ;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
city  or  town  may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special  elec- 
tion held  as  provided  by  law  in  such  city  or  town  authorize 
for  one  year  a  further  increase  in  the  levy  above  the  two  per 
cent  increase  specified  in  this  section,  but  hereafter  the  addi- 
tional sums  raised  by  such  specially  authorized  levy  shall  not 
be  taken  into  account  in  computing  the  authorized  two  per  cent 
annual  increase  in  the  levy. 

County  Commissioners  Limit. 

Sec.  2.  The  power  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners 
of  each  of  the  several  counties  to  fix  rates  of  levy  annually  by 
means  of  which  to  create  a  fund  out  of  which  to  meet  and  de- 
fray the  current  expenses  of  the  county  is  hereby  limited  as 
follows : 

Assessed  Valuation  Limit. 

Sec.  3.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  four  millions  of  dollars  or  less,  the 
levy  shall  not  exceed  seven  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valua- 
tion; and  in  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  five  millions  of  dollars  and  not  less  than 
four  millions  of  dollars  the  levy  shall  not  exceed  six  and  one- 
half  mills  on  the  dollar  of  such  valuation. 

Method  of  Estimating. 

Sec.  4.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation  for 
the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  five  million  dollars  and  not 
in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  the  maximum  levy  shall 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING  93 

be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of  six  and  one-half  mills 
allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  five  million  dollars  one-tenth  of 
one  mill  for  each  one  million  dollars  in  excess  of  five  million 
dollars,  and  any  rate  of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maxi- 
mum rate  of  levy  for  all  assessed  valuations  which  are  frac- 
tions of  the  next  higher  one  million  dollars  of  valuation. 

The  Same. 

Sec.  5.  In  any  county  which  has  an  assessed  valuation 
for  the  current  tax  year  of  more  than  twenty  million  dollars, 
the  maximum  levy  shall  be  determined  by  reducing  the  levy  of 
four  and  one-half  mills  allowed  upon  a  valuation  of  twenty 
million  dollars  one  one-hundredth  of  one  mill  for  each  one 
million  dollars  in  excess  of  twenty  million  dollars,  and  any  rate 
of  levy  so  determined  shall  be  the  maximum  rate  of  levy  for  all 
assessed  valuations  which  are  fractions  of  the  next  higher  one 
million  dollars  of  valuation. 

Detail  Illustration. 

Sec.  6.  The  limitations  of  the  county  current  expense  tax 
levies  as  prescribed  and  fixed  in  sections  three,  four,  five  and 
six  of  this  act  are  illustrated  in  detail,  as  follows: 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuation  less  than  $6,000,000  shall 
be  6.5  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $6,000,000  and  less 
than  $7,000,000  shall  be  6.4  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $7,000.000  and  less 
than  $8,000,000  shall  be  6.3  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $8,000,000  and  less 
than  $9,000,000  shall  be  6.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $9,000,000  and  less 
than  $10,000,000  shall  be  6.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $10,000,000  and  less 
than  $11,000,000  shall  be  6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $11,000,000  and  less 
than  $12,000,000  shall  be  5.9  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $12,000,000  and  less 
than  $13,000,000  shall  be  5.8  mills. 

The  maximus  levy  for  valuations  of  $13,000,000  and  less 
than  $14,000,000  shall  be  5.7  mills. 

The  maximus  levy  for  valuations  of  $14,000,000  and  less 
than  $15,000,000  shall  be  5.6  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $15,000,000  and  less 
than  $16,000,000  shall  be  5.5  mills. 


94  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $16,000,000  and  less 
than  $17,000,000  shall  be  5.4  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $17,000,000  and  less 
than  $18,000,000  shall  be  5.3  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $18,000,000  and  less 
than  $19,000,000  shall  be  5.2  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $19,000,000  and  less 
than  $20,000,000  shall  be  5.1  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $20,000,000  and  less 
than  $21,000,000  shall  be  4.50  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $21,000,000  and  less 
than  $22,000,000  shall  be  4.49  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $22,000,000  and  less 
than  $23,000,000  shall  be  4.48  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $23,000,000  and  less 
than  $24,000,000  shall  be  4.47  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $24,000,000  and  less 
than  $25,000,000  shall  be  4.46  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $25,000,000  and  less 
than  $26,000,000  shall  be  4.45  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $26,000,000  and  less 
than  $27,000,000  shall  be  4.44  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $27,000,000  and  less 
than  $28,000,000  shall  be  4.43  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $28,000,000  and  less 
than  $29,000,000  shall  be  4.42  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $29,000,000  and  less 
than  $30,000,000  shall  be  4.41  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $30,000,000  and  less 
than  $31,000,000  shall  be  4.40  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $31,000,000  and  less 
than  $32,000,000  shall  be  4.39  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $32,000,000  and  less 
than  $33,000,000  shall  be  4.38  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $33,000,000  and  less 
than  $34,000,000  shall  be  4.37  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $34,000,000  and  less 
than  $35,000,000  shall  be  4.36  mills. 

The  maximum  levy  for  valuations  of  $35,000,000  and  less 
than  36,000,000  shall  be  4.35  mills. 

Provided,  That  if  in  any  county  it  shall  be  shown  by  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county  that  the  levy 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  OF  WYOMING  95 

authorized  by  this  act  would  not  be  sufficient  to  pay  the  cur- 
rent expenses  of  such  county,  or  to  liquidate  its  floating  indebt- 
edness, the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county  may 
apply  to  the  state  board  of  equalization  for  authority  to  make 
a  larger  levy  for  the  current  year  and  such  board  of  equaliza- 
tion shall  give  such  authority.  This  proviso  shall  apply  to 
the  years  1911,  1912  and  1913  only.  Provided,  always,  That  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  in  each  and  every  county  of 
this  state  shall  not  expend  in  any  one  year,  out  of  the  revenue 
raised  for  county  current  expenses,  a  sum  amounting  to  more 
than  one-fifth  of  such  revenue  for  the  support  of  the  poor  and 
lunatic  asylums,  and  shall  not  expend  for  road  and  bridge 
purposes  in  any  one  year  a  sum  amounting  to  more  than  one- 
half  of  the  revenue  raised  for  said  county  current  expenses; 
and  provided,  further,  that  the  qualified  electors  of  any  county 
may,  by  direct  vote  at  any  general  or  special  election  held  as 
provided  by  law  in  such  county,  authorize  for  one  year  an 
increase,  not  exceeding  two  mills  on  the  dollar  valuation,  in 
the  levy  for  county  current  expenses,  over  and  above  the  maxi- 
mum levy  for  such  purpose  in  this  act  provided,  and  if  so 
authorized  then  the  county  board  may  make  such  increased 
levy  for  the  year  voted  upon,  and  thereafter  the  limitation  of 
this  act  shall  apply  unless  an  increased  levy  for  a  particular 
year  shall  be  voted  at  another  election  in  like  manner. 

County  Library  Tax  Limit  as  Amended  by  S.  L.  1915. 

Sec.  8  The  authority  of  the  board  of  county  commission- 
ers of  each  county  to  levy  annually  a  county  library  tax,  is 
hereby  limited  so  that  the  board  shall  not  levy  in  excess  of 
one-half  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  upon  all  taxable  property 
in  the  county. 

School  District  Limit. 

Sec.  9.  The  authority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  any 
school  district  at  the  annual  meeting,  to  vote  a  tax  for  school 
purposes,  is  hereby  limited  to  the  extent  that  no  tax  shall  be 
voted  for  such  purposes  which  shall  be  in  excess  of  three  and 
one-half  mills  upon  the  dollar  of  all  the  taxable  property  of 
any  such  school  district.  Provided,  That  in  no  event  shall  any 
school  district  levy  any  greater  tax  than  is  reasonably  neces- 
sary for  the  ensuing  school  year;  and  provider,  further,  that 
the  question  of  an  increased  levy  above  the  limitation  herein- 
before specified  may  be  submitted  by  the  district  board  of  any 
school  district  to  the  electors  of  the  district  at  the  annual 
meeting  or  election,  and  if  so  submitted  due  notice  thereof  shall 
be  given  for  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  such  election 


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or  meeting  by  posting  written  or  printed  notices  upon  the 
front  door  of  each  and  every  school  house  m  the  district,  in  at 
least  three  additional  public  places  in  the  district,  and  said 
notice  shall  state  the  proposed  increase  in  the  levy,  which 
increase  shall  not  in  any  case  amount  to  more  than  five  mills 
on  the  dollar  valuation  of  all  the  taxable  property  of  the  dis- 
trict, making  the  aggregate  levy  not  to  exceed  eight  and  one- 
half  mills.  If  fifty-one  per  cent  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  elec- 
tion or  meeting  shall  be  in  favor  of  the  increased  levy,  as 
named  in  said  election  notice,  then  the  officers  charged  with 
levying  taxes  may  make  such  increased  levy  for  the  year  voted 
upon,  and  thereafter,  the  limitation  of  this  act  shall  apply, 
unless  an  increased  levy  for  a  particular  year  shall  be  voted  at 
another  election  in  like  manner;  and  in  all  cases  where  -an 
increased  levy  is  voted  the  school  district  clerk  shall  forward 
to  the  county  clerk  and  the  county  superintendent,  with  his 
certificate  of  the  school  district  levy,  his  affidavit  showing  that 
all  of  the  notices  herein  required  to  be  posted  were  in  fact 
duly  posted  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  the  election,  and 
shall  also  forward  a  report  showing  the  number  of  votes  cast 
for  and  against  the  proposition  for  an  increased  levy. 

Bonded  Debt. 

Sec.  10.  This  act  shall  in  no  way  limit  the  amount  of  any 
levy  necessary  to  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  paying  any 
bonded  debt,  judgment  or  the  interest  thereon,  against  any 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district. 

Excess  Levy  Unlawful — Duty  of  Assessor. 

Sec.  11.  Any  levy  which  may  be  certified  to  the  county 
clerk  in  excess  of  the  limitations  fixed  by  this  act  shall  be  un- 
lawful, and  in  any  such  case,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  county 
clerk  or  county  assessor  of  any  county  within  the  state  to 
enter  upon  the  tax  roll  of  the  county  any  such  excessive  levy  ; 
and  in  case  of  any  such  excess  in  any  levy  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  county  assesor  to  reduce  such  levy  and  to 
extend  upon  the  tax  roll  only  such  part  thereof  as  will  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Misdemeanor. 

Sec.  12.  Any  member  of  any  board,  or  any  other  officer 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  or  more 
than  five  hundred  dollars  and  shall  also  be  subject  to  removal 
from  office  by  a  civil  action  prosecuted  by  any  tax  payer. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  97 

Repeal. 

Sec.  13.  Sections  2341  and  2342  of  the  Wyoming  Com- 
piled Statutes  of  1910  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  14.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  2nd,  1911. 


DEPOSIT  OF  PUBLIC  MONEY. 

Officers  Deposit  Monthly. 

Sec.  2486.  Every  state  officer,  employee,  department,  or 
commission  receiving  money,  for  or  on  behalf  of  the  state, 
from  any  source,  shall  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  each 
month  pay  to  the  state  treasurer  all  such  money,  received  dur- 
ing the  preceding  month,  and  on  the  same  date  shall  file  a 
detailed  verified  statement  of  such  receipts  with  the  state  audi- 
tor and  a  true  copy  thereof  with  the  state  examiner.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  1.] 

State  Board  of  Deposits. 

Sec.  2487.  There  is  hereby  created  a  board  of  deposits 
consisting  of  the  governor,  state  treasurer  and  secretary  of 
state,  and  said  officers  are  hereby  required  to  perform  tht 
duties  herein  prescribed,  as  members  of  said  board  of  deposits, 
without  any  extra  or  additional  compensation.  The  governor 
of  the  state  shall  be  chairman  of  said  board,  and  the  state 
treasurer,  secretary  thereof.  The  records  of  said  board  kept 
by  said  secretary,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be 
prima  facie  evidence  of  the  matter  appearing  therein  in  any 
court  in  the  United  States.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board 
of  deposits  to  meet  on  the  first  Monday  of  April  of  each  year, 
or  at  any  other  time,  upon  the  call  of  the  chairman,  and  desig- 
nate such  banks  within  this  state,  as  it  may,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  deem  eligible  to  be  made  state  deposi- 
tories for  the  purpose  of  receiving  on  deposit  funds  of  this 
state.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  2.] 

Designation  of  Depositories. 

Sec.  2488.  All  banks,  applying  to  be  made  state  deposi- 
tories under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  shall,  on  or  before 
the  first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  file  their  application,  in 
writing,  with  -the  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  deposits,  said 
application  to  be  accompanied  by  a  sworn  statement  of  the 


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financial  condition  of  said  bank  at  the  time  the  application  is 
made.  The  board  of  deposits  at  its  meeting  shall  pass  upon 
all  applications  made  in  compliance  with  this  chapter,  and 
shall,  over  the  signatures  of  the  members  of  said  board,  or  a 
majority  thereof,  endorse  on  said  application  their  approval  or 
rejection.  Any  and  all  banks  whose  applications  may  be  en- 
dorsed with  the  approval  of  the  board  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
deemed  eligible  to  be  made  state  depositories  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  3.] 

Deposits  by  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2489.  The  state  treasurer  may  deposit  any  portion 
of  the  public  moneys  in  his  possession  in  such  national  banks 
within  this  state,  or  in  any  state  banks  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  and  doing  business  in  this  state,  as  shall  have  been 
approved  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  by  the  board 
of  deposits  as  herein  provided;  but  the  said  treasurer  shall 
not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank  of  public  funds  more  than 
one-half  of  its  paid  in  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  sur- 
plus at  any  one  time.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  4.] 

Interest  and  Security. 

Sec.  2490.  For  the  security  of  funds  so  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  require 
all  such  depositories  to  deposit  securities  of  the  kind  and  char- 
acter hereinafter  described,  or  to  give  bonds  in  some  respon- 
sible surety  company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state, 
extend  upon  the  tax  role  only  such  portion  thereof  as  will 
for  the  payment  of  such  deposits  and  interest  thereon.  Said 
bonds,  when  given,  shall  run  to  the  state  of  Wyoming,  and, 
together  with  the  securities  offered,  shall  be  approved  by  the 
said  board  of  deposits.  Said  bonds  shall  be  conditioned,  that 
the  depositories  shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month 
render  to  the  state  treasurer,  and  state  auditor,  a  statement 
in  duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  state  funds,  and  the 
amount  of  money  of  the  state  held  by  it  during  the  month 
preceding,  and  the  amount  of  the  interest  accrued  thereon, 
and  for  the  payment  of  the  said  deposit  and  the  interest  there- 
on, as  herein  provided,  when  demanded  by  the  state  treasurer, 
or  his  authorized  deputy  on  his  check,  order  or  demand  at  any 
time,  and  generally  to  do  and  perform  whatever  may  be  re- 
quired by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  a  faithful  discharge 
of  the  trust  reposed  in  such  depository.  Said  bonds  shall  con- 
tain the  further  obligation  to  settle  with  and  pay  to  the  state 
treasurer,  for  the  use  of  this  state,  interest  upon  daily  balances 
on  said  deposits,  at  the  rate  fixed  by  said  board  of  deposits, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  99 

payable  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  April,  July 
and  October  in  each  year,  or  at  any  time  when  the  account 
may  be  closed.  Said  bonds  shall  be  in  substance  as  follows: 

Know  All  Men  by  These  Present:  That  we, , 

as  principal,  and ,as  surety,  are  held  and  firmly 

bound  unto  the  State  of  Wyoming  in  the  just  and  full  sum 

of dollars,  for  the  payment  of  which,  well  and 

truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves,  and  our  successors  and 
assigns,  jointly  and  severally  by  these  presents. 

Dated  this day  of ,  A.  D. 

The  condition  of  the  foregoing  is  such  that,  Whereas,  the 
said  bank,  in  consideration  of  the  deposit  of  certain  moneys  of 

the  State  of  Wyoming  for  safe  keeping  in bank 

of ,  the  amount  whereof  shall  be  subject  to  with- 
drawal or  diminution  by  the  state  treasurer  of  said  state  as 
the  requirements  of  the  said  state  shall  demand,  and  which 
amount  may  be  increased  or  decreased  as  the  said  treasurer 
may  determine,  and,  Whereas,  The  said  bank,  in  consideration 
of  said  deposits,  and  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  the  same, 
has  agreed  to  pay  and  will  pay  to  the  State  of  Wyoming  inter- 
est on  account  of  said  deposit  at  the  rate  fixed  by  the  board 
of  deposits  of  the  said  state,  to-wit:  Interest  at  the  rate  of 
— per  centum  per  annum,  the  same  to  be  paid  quarterly 
on  the  first  days  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  in  each 
year  upon  the  daily  average  balance  of  the  deposit  of  state 
funds  in  the  said  bank,  for  the  quarter  or  any  fraction  thereof 
next  preceding  the  payment  of  said  per  centum,  which  shall  be 
computed  and  credited  to  the  account  of  the  state,  and  shall 
become  a  part  thereof. 

Now,  Therefore,  If  the  said bank  of 

shall  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  each  month  render  to  the 
state  treasurer  and  state  auditor  of  said  state  a  statement  in 
duplicate,  showing  the  daily  balance  of  the  state  moneys  held 
by  it  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and  the  interest  there- 
on, subject  at  all  times  to  the  check,  order  or  demand  of  the 
state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  as  aforesaid,  and  shall 
pay  over  the  same,  and  any  part  thereof,  upon  the  check, 
order  or  demand  of  the  state  treasurer,  or  his  authorized 
deputy,  and  shall  calculate,  credit  and  pay  said  interest  as 
aforesaid,  in  the  amount  and  manner  aforesaid,  and  shall  in 
all  respects  save  and  keep  the  state  of  Wyoming  and  the  state 
treasurer,  or  his  successor  in  office,  safe  and  harmless  for  and 
by  reason  of  the  making  of  said  deposit,  or  deposits,  then  this 
obligation  shall  be  void  and  of  no  effect,  otherwise  to  be  and 
to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 


100  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

It  being  the  further  condition  of  the  above,  however,  that 
said  surety  shall  have  the  right  to  terminate  its  obligation  here- 
under  upon  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the  governor  and  state 
treasurer  of  said  state  of  its  election  so  to  do,  and  such  term- 
ination shall  take  effect  at  the  expiration  of  thirty  days  from 
receipt  of  said  notice  by  said  governor  and  state  treasurer. 
Witness  our  hands  and  seals,  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written. 

(Seal) 

(Seal) 

In  addition  to  the  other  limitations  herein  provided,  the 
said  treasurer  shall  not  have  on  deposit  in  any  bank,  at  any 
time,  more  than  ninety  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  bond 
given  by  said  bank,  and  the  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  and 
held  by  the  state  treasurer.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  5.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2491.  Any  such  depository  may,  instead  of  such  bond 
in  an  approved  surety  company,  furnish,  as  security  for  such 
deposit,  or  deposits,  United  States  government  bonds,  or  state 
bonds  of  this  state,  county,  city  or  school  district  bonds  or 
warrants  issued  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  this  state,  worth  not 
less  than  their  par  value,  and  in  an  amount  equal,  at  least,  to 
the  maximum  amount  of  money  at  any  time  to  be  deposited 
with  such  bank ;  Provided,  however,  That  for  temporary  depos- 
its in  excess  of  the  amount  for  which  such  bank  may  bond  as 
provided  by  this  chapter,  such  depository  or  bank  may  deposit 
local  securities  having  an  appraised  value  of  at  least  twenty- 
five  per  cent  more  than  the  amount  of  such  temporary  depos- 
its ;  the  said  securities  to  be  approved  by  said  board  of  deposits 
and  to  be  accompanied  by  a  written  assignment  vesting  the 
legal  title  thereto  in  the  state  of  Wyoming,  as  collateral  secur- 
ity, that  such  depository,  so  depositing  and  assigning  said 
securities,  shall  and  will  safely  keep  and  pay  over  to  the  state 
treasurer,  or  his  authorized  deputy,  on  his  check,  order  or 
demand,  all  money  which  may  come  into  the  possession  of  such 
depository,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  chap- 
ter, together  with  all  interest  accruing  thereon  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  providing,  that  in  case  of  default  on  the  part  of 
such  depository,  the  said  state  shall  have  full  power  and  au- 
thority, to  sell,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  said  secur- 
ities or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  realize  the 
full  amount  of  the  funds  of  the  state  so  deposited  in  said 
depository,  together  with  the  interest  thereon.  The  interest 
on  such  bonds,  so  deposited  and  furnished,  shall,  when  paid, 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  101 

be  turned  over  to  the  bank  so  depositing  the  same,  as  long 
as  it  is  not  in  default.  [Amended  Chapter  94,  Session  Laws, 
1909.] 

Annual  Interest  Rate. 

Sec.  2492.  The  said  board  of  deposits  shall  annually,  011 
the  first  Monday  in  April  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter 
as  possible,  taking  into  consideration  all  information  before  it, 
fix  the  rate  of  interest  to  be  paid  on  the  deposits  herein  pro- 
vided for,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  two  per  centum  per 
annum,  nor  more  than  four  per  centum  per  annum,  and  which 
said  rate  shall  be  and  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May 
following,  and  which  rate  shall  not  be  changed  for  a  period  of 
one  year.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  7.] 

Daily  Balance  Computations. 

Sec.  2493.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks, 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  for  interest  on  such  public 
funds  on  deposit,  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  bal- 
ance of  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
be  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January,  April,  July  and  October  of  each  year,  and  said  banks 
shall  quarterly,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  of  each  year,  render  a  statement  in  duplicate  to 
the  state  treasurer  and  state  auditor,  showing  the  amount  so 
paid.  The  state  treasurer  shall  require,  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  every  such  depository  to  keep  accurate  accounts 
of  all  moneys  deposited  with  it,  showing  the  amount  deposited 
and  when  deposited,  and  to  render  on  or  before  the  tenth  day 
of  each  and  every  month,  to  the  state  treasurer  and  state  audi- 
tor a  statement  in  duplicate  showing  the  daily  balances  of  the 
state  moneys  held  by  it  during  the  month  next  preceding,  and 
the  interest  thereon ;  and  all  sums  paid  to  the  state  for  interest 
as  aforesaid  shall  be  credited  by  the  treasurer  to  the  account 
of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  was  derived.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  8.] 

Withdrawals. 

Sec.  2494.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  held  to  prevent 
the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized  deputy  from  withdraw- 
ing any  and  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited,  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  the  appropriations  and  obligations  of  the  state  and 
paying  the  same  out  as  lawfully  required,  nor  shall  anything 
in  this  chapter  prevent  the  state  treasurer  or  his  authorized 
deputy  from  withdrawing  any  or  all  of  said  funds  so  deposited, 
whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or  to  the  interests  of  the  state 
to  do  so.  The  state  treasurer,  and  his  sureties,  shall  be  respon- 


102  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING 

sible  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  said  treas- 
urer under  the  law,  and  for  a  proper  accounting  and  turning 
over  to  his  successor  of  all  moneys  paid  to  said  treasurer  as 
such ;  but  he  shall  not  be  held  personally  liable  for  any  moneys 
that  may  be  lost  by  reason  of  the  faiulre  or  insolvency  of  any 
bank  selected  as  a  depository  under  the  provisions  of  this  chap- 
ter, nor  for  the  deficiency  or  loss  upon  any  bond,  or  securities 
deposited  by  any  bank,  if  the  said  bond  or  securities  so  de- 
posited have  been  approved  by  the  board  of  deposits;  Pro- 
vided, however,  That  if  such  loss  could  have  been  avoided  by 
the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  and  diligence  on  the  part  of 
said  treasurer  or  his  deputy,  then  and  in  such  case  the  said 
treasurer  shall  be  liable  to  the  state  for  such  loss ;  but  nothing 
in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed  as  relieving  from 
any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any  collateral  deposited  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  9.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2495.  Whenever  any  state  funds  remain  on  hand 
which  cannot  be  placed  in  the  banks  of  this  state  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  state  treasurer  shall  imme- 
diately notify  the  chairman  of  said  board  of  deposits,  which 
said  board  shall  immediately  thereupon  hold  a  meeting,  and,  if 
possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the  state  to  hold  said  funds 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  During  the  time  that 
funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks  entitled  thereto  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  state  treasurer  shall  hold 
said  funds  in  safe  keeping,  and  in  that  case  he  and  his  sureties 
on  his  bond  shall  be  responsible  for  the  safe  keeping  of  such 
money  and  turning  the  same  over  to  his  successor.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  10.] 

Sale  of  Collateral. 

Sec.  2496.  The  state  treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  sell  any  or  all  bonds  that  may  be  deposited  as 
collateral  security  for  the  deposit  of  any  state  fund  in  any 
depository  under  this  chapter,  at  a  public  or  private  sale,  when- 
ever there  shall  be  a  failure  or  refusal  upon  the  part  of  any 
bank,  as  a  state  depository,  to  pay  over  the  funds,  or  any  part 
thereof,  upon  the  demand  or  order  of  the  state  treasurer,  or 
his  authorized  deputy,  on  such  bank.  Notice  of  the  sale  of 
bonds  under  this  chapter  shall  be  given  by  publication  in  a 
newspaper  published  at  the  capital  of  Wyoming,  once  each 
week  for  five  consecutive  weeks,  and  when  a  sale  of  bonds  is 
made  by  the  said  state  treasurer,  either  at  public  or  private  sale 
under  this  chapter,  and  such  bonds  have  been  transferred  by 
the  chairman  and  secretary  of  the  said  board  of  deposits,  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  103 

absolute  ownership  of  such  bonds  shall  vest  in  the  purchaser 
or  purchasers,  upon  the  payment  of  the  purchase  money  to  the 
state  treasurer.  Should  there  be  any  surplus  after  paying  the 
amount  due  the  state  and  expenses  of  sale,  it  shall  be  paid  to 
the  bank  which  made  the  deposit  of  such  securities.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  11.] 

Recovery  on  Bonds. 

Sec.  2497.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  attorney  general 
of  the  state  to  enter  and  prosecute,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  to 
final  determination,  all  suits  for  the  recovery  of  any  penalty 
arising  under  the  conditions  of  any  bond  given,  or  required 
to  be  given  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  to  the  state  of 
Wyoming.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  12.] 

Investment  Permanent  Funds. 

Sec.  2498.  Nothing  in  this  chapter  shall  be  construed  to 
prevent  the  proper  state  authorities  from  investing  as  provided 
by  law  any  of  the  permanent  funds  of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  14.] 

County,  City  and  School  Funds. 

Sec.  2499.  Under  this  chapter  the  term  "proper  govern- 
ing board"  shall  be  held  to  mean  when  applied  to  the  deposit 
of  county  funds  "the  board  of  county  commissioners"  of  such 
county ;  when  applied  to  the  deposit  of  funds  of  a  city  or 
town,  the  mayor  and  council  or  the  mayor  and  trustees,  as 
the  case  may  be,  of  such  city  or  town,  and  when  applied  to 
the  deposit  of  school  district  funds,  the  board  of  directors  or 
trustees  of  such  school  district.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  15.] 

Deposits— City,  County,  Town  and  School  District  Treasurers. 
Sec.  2500.  Every  county  treasurer,  city  treasurer,  town 
trustees  and  treasurer  of  a  school  district,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  shall  deposit,  and  at  all  times  keep  on  deposit 
for  safe  keeping,  in  banks,  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  and  in  national  banks,  doing  business  in  his  county, 
when  designated  as  depositories  by  the  proper  governing 
board,  the  amount  of  moneys  in  his  hands  collected  and  held 
by  him  as  such  treasurer.  Any  such  bank,  located  in  such 
county,  may  apply  for  the  privilege  of  keeping  such  moneys 
upon  the  following  conditions :  All  such  deposits  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  payment  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on 
his  check,  order  or  demand,  and  by  all  banks,  receiving  and 
holding  such  deposits,  interest  shall  be  paid  at  a  rate  not  less 
than  two  per  cent  per  annum  nor  more  than  four  per  cent  per 
annum,  as  may  be  determined  by  the  proper  governing  board 
upon  the  amount  so  deposited,  as  hereinafter  provided,  and 


104  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF   WYOMING 

subject  also  to  such  regulations  as  are  imposed  by  law.      [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  16.] 

Depositories — Interest. 

Sec.  2501.  Such  applications  by  such  banks,  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  proper  governing  board  on  or  before  the  first 
Monday  of  April  of  each  year,  and  shall  be  acted  upon  by  the 
proper  governing  board  on  the  said  first  Monday  of  April  of 
each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  said  board 
shall  also  at  said  time  fix  the  rate  of  interest,  which  said  rate 
shall  go  into  effect  on  May  1st  following  and  shall  not  be 
changed  for  one  year,  and  no  moneys  shall  be  deposited  by  any 
such  treasurer  except  in  such  banks  as  have  been  approved  by 
the  proper  governing  board.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  17.] 

How  Interest  Computed. 

Sec.  2502.  The  amount  to  be  paid  by  any  and  all  banks 
under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  for  interest  on  public  funds 
on  deposit  shall  be  computed  on  the  average  daily  balance 
of  the  public  moneys  kept  on  deposit  therewith,  and  shall 
be  paid  and  credited  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town,  or  school 
district  on  the  first  day  of  January,  April,  July  and  October  of 
each  year;  and  every  such  bank  shall  keep  account  of  such 
public  moneys  as  may  be  deposited,  and  when  deposited,  and 
the  interest  thereon  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  make  a  statement 
thereof,  in  duplicate,  to  the  proper  treasurer,  and  the  proper 
governing  board,  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  of  each  year  and  all  interest  paid  on  said  public 
moneys  shall  be  credited  by  the  proper  treasurer  to  the  ac- 
count of  the  several  funds  from  which  it  is  derived.  [S.  L. 
1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  18.] 

Security  Required. 

Sec.  2503.  For  the  security  of  the  funds  so  deposited  un- 
der the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  proper  treasurer  shall 
require  all  such  depositories  to  give  bonds  for  the  safe  keeping 
and  payment  of  such  deposits  and  the  interest  thereon,  which 
bond  shall  run  to  the  proper  county,  city,  town  or  school  dis- 
trict, and  be  approved  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  such 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  and  conditioned  that  such 
depository  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  January,  April, 
July  and  October  of  each  year,  render  to  the  proper  treasurer, 
and  the  proper  governing  board  of  the  county,  city,  town  or 
school  district,  a  statement  in  duplicate,  showing  the  several 
daily  balances,  and  the  amount  of  public  moneys  held  by  it 
during  the  preceding  three  months,  and  the  amount  of  the 
interest  thereon,  and  how  credited,  and  for  the  payment  of  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  105 

said  deposits,  and  the  interest  accrued  thereon,  as  herein  pro- 
vided, and  when  demanded  by  the  proper  treasurer  on  his 
check,  order  or  demand  at  any  time,  and  generally  to  do  and 
perform  whatever  may  be  required  by  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  and  a  faithful  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  such 
depository.  The  said  bond  in  substance  shall  be  similar,  or 
as  near  as  may  be,  to  the  bonds  required  of  state  depositories, 
and  when  the  penalty  thereof  exceeds  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars,  such  bond  shall  be  furnished  by  some  responsible 
surety  company  authorized  to  do  business  in  this  state.  No 
county,  municipal  or  school  district  treasurer  shall  have  on  de- 
posit in  any  bank  at  any  one  time  more  than  one-half  of  the 
penal  amount  named  in  its  said  bond  in  all  cases  where  private 
bonds  are  furnished,  nor  more  than  ninety  per  cent  of  the 
amount  of  all  other  bonds,  nor  more  than  one-half  of  the  paid 
up  capital  stock  and  unimpaired  capital  stock  and  surplus  of 
such  bank.  The  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district  to  which  said  bond  may 
be  given.  Where  there  are  no  banks  in  the  county,  or  where 
the  banks  in  the  proper  county  refuse  or  fail  to  bid  on  said 
money,  or  refuse  or  fail  to  receive  the  said  funds  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  then  part  or  all  of  said  money  may 
be  deposited  under  the  conditions  of  this  act,  in  any  other  bank 
in  the  state,  selected  by  the  proper  governing  board  of  the 
county,  city,  town  or  school  district,  as  the  case  mav  be.  [S. 
L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  19.] 

Collateral  Security. 

Sec.  2504.  Instead  of  the  bonds  provided  for  in  Section 
2503,  the  bank  or  banks  receiving  on  deposit  public  funds  may, 
as  security  therefor,  furnish  to  the  proper  treasurer  of  any 
county,  municipality  or  school  district,  securities  of  the  kind 
mentioned  in  Section  2491,  to  be  approved  by  the  proper  gov- 
erning board  and  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  applicable  to 
such  securities  when  furnished  by  state  depositories,  shall  be 
applicable,  as  near  as  may  be,  to  such  securities  when  furnished 
to  the  treasurer  of  any  county,  municipality  or  school  district. 
[S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  20.] 

Funds  Not  Deposited. 

Sec.  2505.  Whenever  funds  remain  on  hand  which  can- 
not be  placed  in  the  banks  of  the  respective  counties  of  this 
state  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  then  the  proper 
treasurer  shall  immediately  notify  the  chairman  of  the  proper 
governing  board,  which  said  board  shall  immediately  there- 
upon hold  a  meeting  and,  if  possible,  secure  other  banks  in  the 
state  to  hold  said  funds  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter. 


106  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

During  the  time  that  funds  cannot  be  deposited  in  the  banks 
entitled  thereto  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  the  proper 
treasurer  shall  hold  said  deposits  in  safe  keeping,  and  shall  be 
liable  on  his  official  bond  for  such  funds  so  held.  [S.  L.  1907, 
Ch.  30,  Sec.  21.] 

Treasurer's  Liability. 

Sec.  2506.  No  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  treas- 
urer shall  be  liable  on  his  official  bond  for  money  on  deposit 
in  any  bank  under  and  by  direction  of  the  proper  legal  au- 
thority and  in  conformity  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  if 
said  bank  has  given  bond  which  has  been  approved  as  herein 
provided,  except  in  cases  where  any  loss  could  have  been  pre- 
vented by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care  on  the  part  of  such 
treasurer.  Nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  be  construed 
as  relieving  from  any  liability  any  bond  given  or  any  col- 
lateral deposited  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter.  Nor 
shall  anything  in  this  chapter  prevent  the  proper  treasurer 
from  withdrawing  any  or  all  funds  by  him  deposited  in  ac- 
cordance with  this  chapter,  whenever  he  deems  it  advisable  or 
to  the  interests  of  the  public  which  he  represents,  or  to  pay 
out  money  as  by  law  required.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  22.] 

Profit  Making  Prohibited. 

Sec.  2507.  The  making  of  profit,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  any  state  treasurer,  or  by  the  treasurer  of  any  county,  city, 
town  or  school  district,  or  by  any  other  public  officer  or  em- 
ployee having  in  his  custody  or  under  his  control  any  public 
moneys,  by  loaning  such  moneys  or  by  depositing  the  same 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  the  using  of  such 
moneys  by  any  of  said  public  officers  or  employes  for  any  pur- 
pose not  authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  are 
hereby  prohibited,  and  any  of  said  public  officers  or  employees 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the 
state  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  23.] 

Bribes — Penalty. 

Sec.  2508.  The  offering  or  giving,  directly  or  indirectly, 
by  any  person  to  any  public  officer  or  employee  having  in  his 
custody  or  under  his  control  any  public  moneys  of  any  gift, 
compensation,  reward  or  inducement  for  the  purpose  of  induc- 
ing any  such  public  officer  or  employee  to  deposit  such  public 
moneys  in  any  bank  or  to  use  the  same  in  any  manner  not 
authorized  by  law,  shall  be  deemed  a  felony  and  is  hereby 


SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING  107 

prohibited,  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  imprisonment 
in  the  penitentiary  for  a  term  not  exceeding  two  years  or  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment.  [S.  L.  1907,  Ch.  30,  Sec.  24.] 


PROTECTION  OF  BIRDS. 

Unlawful  to  Kill— Penalty. 

Sec.  2788.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  kill  or  catch  or  have  in  his  or  her  possession,  living 
or  dead,  any  wild  bird  other  than  a  game  bird,  or  who  shall 
purchase,  offer  or  expose  for  sale  any  such  wild  bird  after  it 
has  been  killed  or  caught,  shall  for  each  offense,  be  subject  to 
a  fine  of  not  more  than  five  dollars  for  each  such  bird  killed  or 
caught,  or  had  in  possession,  living  or  dead,  or  imprisonment 
for  not  more  than  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court.  For  the  purposes  of  this  chapter  the  following  only 
shall  be  considered  game  birds:  The  Anatidae,  commonly 
known  as  swans,  geese,  brant  and  river  and  lake  ducks;  the 
Rallidae,  commonly  known  as  rails,  coots  and  mud-hens;  the 
Limicolae,  commonly  known  .as  shore-birds,  plovers,  snipe, 
sandpipers,  tatlers,  willets,  curlews,  godwits  and  avocets;  the 
Gallinaw,  commonly  known  as  grouse,  prairie  chickens,  pheas- 
ants, sage  hens,  partridges  and  quails.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37, 
Sec.  1.] 

Destruction  of  Eggs — Penalty. 

Sec.  2789.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming,  take  or  needlessly  destroy  the  nest  or  the  eggs  of 
any  wild  bird,  or  shall  have  such  nest  or  eggs  in  his  or  her  pos- 
session, shall  be  subject  for  each  offense  to  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  five  dollars,  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  ten  days, 
or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37, 
Sec.  2.] 

Scientific  Use  Permitted. 

Sec.  2790.  Sections  2788  and  2789  shall  not  apply  to  any 
person  holding  a  certificate  giving  the  right  to  take  birds,  their 
nests  and  eggs,  for  scientific  purposes,  as  provided  for  in 
Section  2791.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  3.] 

Certificates — Bond. 

Sec.  2791.  Certificates  may  be  granted  by  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  to  any  properly  accredited  person 
of  the  age  of  fifteen  years  or  upwards,  permitting  the  holder 


108  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

thereof  to  collect  birds,  their  nests  or  eggs,  for  strictly  scien- 
tific purposes  only.  No  such  certificate  shall  be  issued  until 
the  applicant  therefor  shall  have  filed  with  the  said  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  written  testimonials  from  two 
well  known  scientific  men  or  educators,  certifying  to  the  good 
character  and  fitness  of  said  applicant  to  be  entrusted  with 
such  privilege.  Said  applicant  must  file  with  said  persons  or 
officers  a  properly  executed  bond,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars,  signed  by  two  responsible  citizens  of  the  state  as  sure- 
ties. This  bond  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  state,  and  the  certifi- 
cate become  void,  upon  proof  that  the  holder  of  such  certificate 
has  killed  any  birds,  or  taken  the  nest  or  eggs  of  any  bird, 
for  other  than  the  purposes  named  in  Sections  2790  and  2791, 
and  shall  be  further  subject  for  each  offense  to  the  penalties 
provided  therefor  in  Sections  2788  and  2789.  [S.  L.  1901, 
Ch.  37,  Sec.  4] 

Term  of  Certificate. 

Sec.  2792.  The  certificate  authorized  by  this  act  shall  be 
in  force  for  one  year  only  from  the  date  of  its  issue,  and  shall 
not  be  transferable.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  5.] 

Birds  Not  Protected. 

Sec.  2793.  The  following  named  birds  shall  be  exempt 
from  protection  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  viz  r 
English  sparrow,  magpie,  sharp-shinned  hawk,  Cooper's  hawk,, 
goshawk,  duck  hawk,  gold  or  brown  eagle,  kingfisher  and 
blue  heron.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  37,  Sec.  6;  S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  79.] 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 
Vaccination. 

Sec.  2940.  The  state  board  of  health  may  adopt  such 
measures  for  the  general  vaccination  of  the  inhabitants  of  any 
city,  town,  or  county  in  the  state,  as  they  may  deem  proper 
and  necessary  to  prevent  the  introduction  or  arrest  the  prog- 
ress of  smallpox ;  and  every  person  who  shall  refuse  to  be 
vaccinated,  or  prevent  any  person  under  his  care  and  control 
from  being  vaccinated,  or  who  shall  fail  to  present  himself 
or  herself  to  the  county  health  officer  or  a  practicing  physi- 
cian acting  under  the  direction  of  the  board  or  county  health 
officer,  for  the  purpose  of  being  vaccinated,  if  such  physician 
believes  vaccination  necessary,  shall  upon  conviction  be  fined 
not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  less  than  ten  dollars,  or 
imprisoned  in  the  countv  jail  not  more  than  thirty  days.  [S. 
L.  1901.  Ch.  55,  Sec.  13.] 

Note.— See  also  Chap.  127,  page  127. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  109 

INTEREST  AND  USURY. 

When  Rate  Not  Effective. 

Sec.  3364.  The  rate  of  interest  fixed  by  this  chapter  shall 
not  affect  interest  on  purchase  of  school,  university  and  agri- 
cultural lands,  or  011  lands  delinquent,  or  sold  for  the  non- 
payment of  taxes ;  or  the  rates  of  interest  on  warrants  issued 
any  county,  city,  town,  village  or  school  district,  but  they  and 
by  the  proper  authorities  of  the  state,  county,  city,  town,  vil- 
lage or  other  municipal  subdivision,  or  any  bonds  issued  by 
each  of  them  shall  draw  interest  and  be  payable  in  the  manner 
now,  or  that  may  hereafter  be  fixed  by  law.  [S.  L.  1895,  Ch. 
30,  Sec.  10.] 

Interest  on  Public  Warrants. 

Sec.  3365.  All  state,  county,  school  district,  town,  city, 
or  other  public  warrants  issued  after  June  1st,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  for  any  salary  or  salaries,  fee  or  fees,  or  for 
or  on  account  of  any  public  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand, 
whatever,  which  indebtedness,  claim  or  demand  shall  have 
accrued  on  any  public  contract,  transaction,  or  liability,  en- 
tered into  or  arising  after  the  1st  day  of  June,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety,  shall  draw  interest  upon  the  amount  ex- 
pressed in  such  warrant  or  warrants  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
centum  per  annum  from  the  date  of  the  presentation  thereof 
for  payment  at  the  treasury  or  other  place  where  the  same 
may  be  payable,  until  there  is  money  in  the  treasury  for  the 
payment  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  allow  or  pay  any 
rate  of  interest  upon  such  warrant  or  warrants,  except  as 
herein  specified  and  expressed,  and  every  state  or  county 
treasurer  or  municipal  officer  duly  authorized  to  act  as  treas- 
urer, to  whom  such  warrant  or  order  is  presented  for  payment, 
provided  he  has  not  sufficient  funds  in  the  treasury  to  pay  the 
same,  shall  endorse  thereon  the  words  "not  paid,  for  want  of 
funds,"  and  sign  and  date  the  same  officially.  [S.  L.  1890, 
Ch.  22.] 


LEGAL  HOLIDAYS. 

Legal  Holidays. 

Sec.  3581.  The  1st  day  of  January,  the  12th  day  of  Febru- 
ary, the  22d  day  of  February,  the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day 
of  July,  the  day  that  may  be  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
United  States  as  the  annual  Thanksgiving  day,  the  25th  day  of 


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December  of  each  and  every  year,  all  days  upon  which  general 
elections  are  held  and  Arbor  day,  are  hereby  declared  legal 
holidays  in  and  for  the  state  of  Wyoming.  If  the  1st  day  of 
January,  the  12th  day  of  February,  the  22d  day  of  February, 
the  30th  day  of  May,  the  4th  day  of  July  or  the  25th  day  of 
December,  fall  upon  a  Sunday,  the  Monday  following  shall  be 
a  legal  holiday.  [S.  L.  1901,  Ch.  93.] 

Note — Labor  day  is  a  national  holiday. 

Arbor  Day. 

Sec.  3582.  The  governor  shall  annually,  in  the  spring, 
designate  by  official  proclamation,  an  arbor  day,  to  be  ob- 
served by  the  schools  and  for  economic  tree  planting.  [B.  S. 
1899,  Ch.  2697.] 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Public  Officers  Subject  to  Garnishment. 

Sec.  4797.  All  state,  county,  city,  town  and  school  district 
officers  shall  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  in  civil  ac- 
tions on  debts  hereafter  contracted,  in  the  same  manner,  and 
for  the  same  causes  as  private  individuals  now  are,  or  here- 
after may  be  liable  and  subject  to  garnishment  under  the  laws 
of  this  state.  [S.  L.  1909,  Ch.  140,  Sec.  1.] 

Disposition  of  Fines. 

Sec.  6116.  If  a  fine  be  imposed  and  paid  before  commit- 
ment, it  shall  be  received  by  the  justice  and  by  him  paid  over  to 
the  county  treasurer,  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt 
thereof,  for  the  use  of  the  schools  in  the  county.  [R  .S.  1887, 
Sec.  3651.] 

Payment  of  Fine  Commitment. 

Sec.  6117.  If  the  defendant  be  committed  for  not  paying 
a  fine,  he  may  pay  it  to  the  sheriff  of  the  county,  or  to  the 
justice  by  whom  the  commitment  was  made,  but  to  no  other 
person;  who  must  in  like  manner,  within  thirty  days  after  the 
receipt  thereof,  pay  it  into  the  county  treasury  for  the  use  of 
the  schools  in  the  county.  [B.  S.  1887,  Sec.  3652.] 


APPENDIX 

FROM 

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CHAPTER  18. 
RELIEF  OF  NIOBRARA  COUNTY. 

Sec.  1.  Appropriation.  That  whereas,  in  the  apportion- 
ment of  school  funds  for  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Thirteen 
through  an  error  the  number  of  persons  of  school  age  in  Nio- 
brara  County  was  erroneously  given  at  Five  Hundred  and 
Thirty-three  whereas  in  fact  the  number  of  such  children  of 
school  age  was  Seven  Hundred  and  Forty-three ;  and  whereas, 
under  the  said  erroneous  computation  the  amount  of  the  gen- 
eral school  fund  apportioned  and  distributed  to  the  said  County 
of  Niobrara  was  Three  Thousand  Four  Hundred  and  Forty- 
eight  Dollars  and  Fifty-one  Cents  instead  of  Four  Thousand 
Eight  Hundred  and  Seven  Dollars  and  Twenty-one  Cents  which 
was  the  just  amount  to  which  Niobrara  County  was  entitled 
out  of  the  said  school  funds;  therefore,  the  sum  of  One  Thou- 
sand Three  Hundred  and  Fifty-eight  Dollars  and  Seventy 
Cents  being  equal  to  the  balance  that  should  have  been  appor- 
tioned and  distributed  to  Niobrara  County  out  of  said  funds, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated 
out  of  any  funds  in  the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, which  said  sum  be  appropriated  shall  be  paid  at  the 
same  time  and  to  the  same  officer  of  the  said  Niobrara  County 
for  the  year  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Fourteen  and  shall  be  used 
and  distributed  solely  and  only  for  Public  School  purposes  in 
the  same  manner  as  such  general  school  funds  are  used  and 
distributed. 

Sec.  2.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  8,  1915. 


CHAPTER  19. 
RELIEF  OF  PLATTE  COUNTY. 

Section  1.  Appropriation.  That  whereas,  by  the  appor- 
tionment of  school  funds  for  Nineteen  Hundred  and. Thirteen 
through  an  error  the  number  of  persons  of  school  age  in  Platte 
county  was  erroneously  given  as  ten  hundred  and  forty-six 
whereas,  in  fact,  the  number  of  such  children  of  school  age 
was  twelve  hundred  and  thirteen;  and  whereas,  under  the  said 
erroneous  computation  the  amount  of  general  school  fund  ap- 
portioned and  distributed  to  the  said  county  of  Platte  was 


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six  thousand  seven  hundred  seventy-one  dollars  and  seventy 
cents  instead  of  seven  thousand  eight  hundred  fifty-two  dollars 
and  seventy-four  cents  which  was  the  just  amount  to  which 
Platte  county  was  entitled  out  of  the  said  school  funds ;  there- 
fore, the  sum  of  ten  hundred  eighty-one  dollars  and  fourteen 
cents,  being  equal  to  the  balance  that  should  have  been  appor- 
tioned and  distributed  to  Platte  county  out  of  the  said  funds, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriat- 
ed out  of  any  funds  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, which  said  sum  be  appropriated  shall  be  paid  at  the 
same  time  and  to  the  same  officer  of  the  said  Platte  county  for 
the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen  and  shall  be  used  and 
distributed  solely  and  only  for  public  school  purposes  in  the 
same  manner  as  such  general  school  funds  are  used  and  dis- 
tributed. 

Section  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  8,  1915. 


CHAPTER  25. 
CO-OPERATIVE    AGRICULTURAL    EXTENSION    WORK. 

Act  of  Congress  Accepted — Authority  of  University  Trustees. 
Sec.  1.  The  terms  and  conditions  of  an  act  of  Congress 
approved  by  the  President  May  8th.  1914,  entitled  "An  Act  to 
provide  for  Co-operative  Agricultural  Extension  Work  between 
the  Agricultural  Colleges  in  the  several  states  receiving  the 
benefits  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  July  2nd,  1862,  and 
Acts  supplementary  thereto,  and  the  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,"  are  hereby  assented  to  and  accepted  by  the 
state  of  Wyoming,  and  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University 
of  Wyoming  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  receive  the  grants  of  money  appropriated  under  said  act, 
and  to  organize  and  conduct  agricultural  extension  work  which 
shall  be  carried  on  in  connection  with  the  college  of  agriculture 
of  said  university  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions expressed  in  the  Act  of  Congress  aforesaid. 

Appropriation. 

Sec.  2.  That  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  expenses  of 
said  co-operative  agricultural  extension  work  or  other  agricul- 
tural extension  work,  and  the  necessary  printing  and  distribut- 
ing of  information  in  connection  with  the  same,  there  is  ap- 
propriated annually  out  of  the  money  in  the  state  treasury 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  113 

not  otherwise  appropriated  $8,000,  which  shall  be  paid  annually 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of 
Wyoming,  Provided  that  there  is  also  appropriated  an  addi- 
tional sum  of  $2000.00  for  the  fiscal  year  following  that  in 
which  the  foregoing  appropriation  first  becomes  available,  and 
for  each  year  thereafter  for  ten  years  a  sum  exceeding  by 
$1,000.00  the  sum  appropriated  for  each  preceding  year. 

Funds  for  County  Work — Agreement  with  Agricultural  College. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  county  commissioners  of  each  of  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  the  state  are  hereby  authorized  to  provide  and 
appropriate  funds  for  use  in  and  about  agricultural  or  farm 
demonstrations  and  field  work  in  such  county,  such  funds  to  be 
provided  either  by  special  provision  in  the  annual  tax  levy, 
not  exceeding  one-fourth  (14)  mill,  of  such  county  or  by  ap- 
propriation of  funds  not  otherwise  appropriated,  and  the  same 
to  be  expended  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Agricultural 
College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming ;  and  for  each  dollar  so 
provided  by  such  county  there  is  hereby  appropriated,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  appropriation  provided  for  in  Section  2  of  this  Act, 
the  sum  of  two  dollars  to  be  paid  out  of  any  moneys  in  the 
general  fund  of  the  state  not  otherwise  appropriated  and  to 
be  available  when  the  secretary  of  state  has  been  advised  by 
the  certificate  of  the  county  commissioners  of  such  county, 
countersigned  by  the  president  of  the  State  University,  that 
such  provision  has  been  actually  made  and  that  memorandums 
of  agreement  have  been  entered  into  between  said  county  and 
the  Agricultural  College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming,  said 
moneys  to  be  turned  in  to  the  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  university ;  provided,  however,  that  in  no  event  shall  the 
total  amount  so  appropriated  to  any  one  county  exceed 
$3000.00  during  any  one  year. 

Districts. 

Sec.  4.  In  order  to  obtain  or  increase  the  benefits  to  be 
derived  from  the  provisions  of  this  act,  any  two  or  more  con- 
tiguous counties  may  unite  in  the  formation  of  a  district  and 
each  district  so  formed  shall  be  regarded,  for  the  purpose  of 
this  act,  as  a  single  county  and  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
benefits  under  this  act  as  if  such '  districts  were  in  fact  one 
county;  provided,  however,  that  no  county  included  in  such 
district  as  a  county,  shall  be  entitled  to  any  of  the  benefits  of 
this  act  so  long  as  the  district  formed  as  aforesaid,  of  which 
county  is  a  part,  shall  receive  such  benefits. 

Agricultural  Experts. 

Sec.  5.     When  the  county  commissioners  of  any  county 


114  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

or  district,  composed  of  two  or  more  counties,  have  complied 
with  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  this  act,  they  shall  make  a 
request  for  a  county  agent  or  agricultural  expert  to  be  sent 
them  by  the  Agricultural  College  of  the  University  of  Wyoming 
and  the  authorities  of  said  university  shall  provide  them  with 
a  suitable  man,  qualified  to  do  the  work  usually  expected  from 
a  man  educated  in  the  science  of  agriculture ;  provided,  an  un- 
satisfactory man  shall  not  be  continued  as  county  agent.  And 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Agricultural  College  of  the  Univer- 
sity to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  conferring  with  each 
board  of  county  commissioners. 

Money  from  Other  Sources. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  University  of 
Wyoming  is  authorized  to  receive  from  any  source  whenever 
and  wherever  the  same  may  be  available,  moneys  to  be  applied 
and  expended  under  the  supervision  of  said  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, in  aid  of  all  or  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid  and  all  such 
sums  shall  be  and  are  hereby  deemed' to  be  appropriated  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid.  Any  and  all  sums  so  received  shall 
be  in  addition  to  any  other  benefits  to  be  derived  by  such 
county  hereunder,  and  shall  be  paid  out  upon  requisition  as 
provided  for  other  university  funds. 

Sec.  7.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  11,  1915. 


CHAPTER  33. 
POLL  TAXES. 

Levy  and  Collection. 

Sec.  1.  Section  2415  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes 
of  1910  is  hereby  amended. and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows, 
to-wit : 

"Sec.  2415.  At  their  first  meeting  in  January  of  each 
year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  the  Boards  of  Com- 
missioners in  each  and  every  county  in  the  State,  shall  an- 
nually levy  a  school  poll  tax  of  two  dollars  for  each  and  every 
person  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  years  and  fifty  years 
inclusive,  for  county  school  purposes,  which  poll  tax  shall  be 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  115 

due  and  payable  at  the  time  of  assessment;  and  may  be  col- 
lected by  the  county  assessors  at  any  time  during  the  year,  and 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  treasurer  or  collector  to  levy  upon  any 
county  warrant  or  warrants,  or  other  evidences  of  indebted- 
ness, which  are  the  property  of  any  delinquent  taxpayer,  at 
any  time  after  said  poll  tax  shall  have  become  due  and  pay- 
able, and  to  sell  and  dispose  of  the  same  to  the  best  advantage, 
and  apply  the  proceeds  thereof  to  the  payment  of  taxes  due 
from  said  delinquent,  giving  a  proper  receipt  therefor  to  said 
delinquent.  Provided,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
not  be  construed  to  apply  to  owners  of  real  estate  in  the  county 
where  school  poll  taxes  are  levied." 

Receipts  Prepared  by  County  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2.  The  county  treasurer  shall,  before  the  first  day 
of  March,  1915,  and  before  the  first  Monday  in  February  of 
each  year  thereafter,  cause  to  be  printed  blank  stub  poll  tax 
receipts,  for  the  use  of  the  assessors  and  deputies.  The  style 
of  such  blanks  shall  be  changed  every  year.  The  county  treas- 
urer shall,  before  the  first  day  of  March,  1915,  and  before  the 
first  Monday  in  February  of  each  year  thereafter; 

1.  Number  and  sign  the  blank  poll  tax  receipts. 

2.  At  the  time  of  signing  make  an  entry  of  the  whole 
number  thereof,  and  of  the  first  and  last  number  placed  thereon, 
in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose. 

3.  Deliver  all  such  blanks  to  the  county  clerk,  and  charge 
him  therewith. 

Duty  of  County  Clerk. 

Sec.  3.  The  county  clerk,  upon  receipt  thereof,  shall  sign 
the  same,  and  make  in  a  book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that  pur- 
pose a  similar  entry  to  that  prescribed  in  sub-division  2,  of 
the  preceding  section.  The  county  clerk  shall,  at  any  time  after 
the  first  Monday  in  February,  deliver  to  the  assessor  the  blanks 
and  charge  him  therewith. 

Duty  of  County  Assessor. 

Sec.  4.  The  assessor  shall  demand  payment  of  poll  tax  of 
every  person  liable  therefor  whose  name  does  not  appear  upon 
the  assessment  list.  Poll  tax  shall  be  added  upon  the  assessment 
list  to  other  taxes  of  persons  liable  therefor,  paying  taxes  upon 
real  and  personal  property,  and  paid  to  the  county  treasurer 
at  the  time  of  the  payment  of  other  taxes.  Every  person  in- 
debted to  one  who  neglects  or  refuses,  after  demand,  to  pay 
a  poll  tax  becomes  liable  therefor,  and  must  pay  the  same  for 
such  other  person  or  persons,  after  service  upon  him  by  the 
assessor  of  a  notice  in  writing,  stating  the  name  of  such  person 


116  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

or  persons.     Notice  to  a  corporation  shall  be  served  on  the 
person  on  whom  process  may  be  served,  as  in  civil  actions. 

Employers  Liable. 

Sec.  5.  Every  person,  corporation  or  association  employ- 
ing one  or  more  persons  subject  to  poll  taxes  are  liable  for  any 
and  all  poll  taxes  that  may  be  due  from  such  employees,  and 
may  deduct  the  amounts  paid  out  for  such  poll  taxes  from  any 
sum  due  to  the  extent  of  any  moneys  due  to  such  employees  at 
the  time  when  served  with  notice  by  the  Assessor  as  provided  in 
Section  4  of  this  Act,  or  that  may  afterwards  become  due, 
for  such  employees,  whether  the  wages  are  payable  directly 
to  the  employees  or  other  persons  who  furnish  such  employees 
under  contract.  The  assessor  may  require  the  person  or  his 
agent  or  any  officer  or  agent  or  manager  of  any  association 
to  make  a  verified  statement  showing  the  number  and  giving 
the  names  of  the  employees  of  such  person,  association  or  cor- 
poration. The  person,  association  or  corporation  refusing  to 
make  such  verified  statement  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars  which  may  be  recovered  in  an  action  brought 
in  the  name  of  the  county. 

Assessor  May  Seize  Property. 

Sec.  6.  The  assessor,  in  case  of  the  failure  of  a  person, 
corporation  or  association  to  pay  the  poll  tax  in  the  manner 
mentioned  in  this  chapter,  shall  seize  so  much  of  the  property 
of  such  person,  association  or  corporation  as  will  be  sufficient 
to  pay  the  poll  tax  and  costs,  and  sell  the  same  as  provided 
in  Section  2419  of  Chapter  162,  Compiled  Statutes  of  Wyoming, 
1910.  Every  person  paying  the  poll  tax  of  another  may  deduct 
the  same  from  any  indebtedness  of  such  other  person.  The 
assessor  shall  deliver  the  poll  tax  receipt,  filled  out  with  the 
name  of  the  person  owning  the  tax,  to  the  purchaser  of  property 
at  any  such  sale ;  in  other  cases  he  shall  deliver  it,  filled  out  in 
like  manner,  to  the  person  paying  the  tax.  The  receipt  so  de- 
livered is  the  only  evidence  of  payment. 

Monthly  and  Final  Settlement  by  Assessor. 

Sec.  7.  On  the  first  Monday  in  each  month  the  assessor 
shall  make  oath  before  the  county  clerk,  of  the  total  amount 
of  poll  taxes  collected  by  him  during  the  last  preceding  month, 
and  shall,  at  the  same  time,  settle  with  the  county  clerk  for  the 
same,  and  pay  into  the  county  treasurer's  office  the  total  amount 
of  poll  taxes  collected.  On  the  first  Monday  in  January  of  each 
year  the  assessor  shall  return  to  the  county  clerk  all  the  poll 
tax  receipts  received  by  him  and  not  used,  together  with  the 
stubs  of  receipts  used,  and  shall  make  final  settlement  with  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  1 1  7 

county  clerk  and  treasurer  therefor.  The  county  clerk  shall, 
as  soon  as  settlement  is  made,  return  to  the  treasurer  the  re- 
ceipts not  used,  together  with  the  stubs  of  receipts  used. 
The  treasurer  shall  credit  the  county  clerk  with  the  receipts 
so  returned,  and  shall  thereupon  seal  them  up,  together  with 
the  stubs  of  receipts  used,  securely  and  deposit  them  in  his 
office. 

Roll  of  Names — School  Fund. 

Sec.  8.  The  assessor  shall  keep  a  roll  of  names  and  local 
residence,  or  place  of  business,  of  all  persons  subject  to  or  liable 
for  poll  tax,  and  if  paid,  date  and  amount  of  each  payment, 
and  if  not  paid,  the  cause  of  non-payment.  The  proceeds  of  the 
poll  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the  county  treasurer,  as  provided  by 
law,  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  school  fund  in  the  district  in 
which  said  poll  tax  is  collected. 

Sec.  9.  All  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts  inconsistent  or  in  con- 
flict with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  10.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  the  date  of  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  34. 
GIFTS  FOR  EDUCATIONAL  PURPOSES. 

Charitable  Trust,  Exempt  from  Taxation. 

Sec.  1.  That  all  property  devised,  bequeathed  or  given 
for  non-sectarian,  public  educational  purposes  in  this  state,  or 
for  the  purpose  of  non-sectarian,  public  education  of  the  youths 
of  this  state  shall  be  considered  as  charitable  trusts,  and  the 
said  property,  so  long  as  the  same  is  not  diverted  from  the 
purposes  herein  expressed,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  in- 
cluding inheritance  taxation. 

May  Incorporate. 

Sec.  2.  The  executors,  trustees  or  persons  receiving  such 
devise,  gifts  or  legacies  may  organize  and  form  a  corporation 
under  the  provisions  of  and  to  be  governed  by,  as  near  as  may 
be,  Chapter  280  of  the  "Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910, 
and  the  provisions  of  this  act.  The  purposes  and  powers  of 
such  corporation  may  include  either  or  all  of  those  mentioned 
in  subdivision  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  of  Section  4212  of  said 
Chapter  280  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes  of  1910,  and 


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the  further  purposes,  if  desired,  to  establish  and  maintain  a 
school  or  schools  of  technology  or  other  similar  institutions, 
and  advance,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  found  advisable,  the 
education  of  the  youths  of  this  state.  An  amendment  to  the 
certificate  of  incorporation  may  be  made  from  time  to  time 
by  the  trustees  or  board  of  directors,  changing  the  number  of 
trustees  (to  be,  however,  not  less  than  three),  or  by  adding 
thereto  such  of  the  powers  and  purposes  above  enumerated  as 
have  not  heretofore  been  included;  such  amendment  shall  be 
executed  in  duplicate,  shall  be  duly  acknowledged  by  the 
president  and  secretary  of  such  corporation,  and  shall  be  filed 
in  the  same  manner  as  is  required  in  the  case  of  the  original 
certificate. 

Powers  of  Executors,  Trustees  and  Corporations. 

Sec.  3.  Such  executors,  trustees  or  persons  receiving  such 
devises,  gifts  or  legacies,  and  the  corporations  formed  as  above 
mentioned,  shall  have  the  power  to  receive  gifts  and  donations 
of  real  and  personal  property  in  any  amount  and  value ;  to  sell 
all  real  and  personal  property  coming  in  their  hands  and  to  re- 
invest the  same  in  and  hold  other  property ;  to  make  a  gift  to  or 
loan  to  such  persons,  deemed  proper  by  the  said  board  of 
trustees,  of  an  amount  or  amounts  of  money,  for  the  purpose 
of  educating  such  persons  either  in  the  schools  of  this  or  any 
other  state  or  county,  and  generally  to  do  all  other  things 
not  inconsistent  herewith,  or  with  the  terms  of  the  original 
devise,  bequest  or  gift,  so  as  to  advance  the  general  education 
of  the  youths  of  this  state. 

Sec.  4-  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  35. 
RIGHTS  OF  WAY  ACROSS  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS. 

Sec.  1.  That  Section  649  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Stat- 
utes, 1910,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

"Sec.  649.  That  the  State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners 
and  State  Board  of  School  Land  Commissioners  may,  at  their 
discretion,  grant  permanent  rights  of  way  or  easements  across 
or  upon  any  portion  of  State  or  School  Lands,  upon  such  terms 
as  the  Board  may  determine,  for  any  ditch,  reservoir,  railroad, 


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public  highway,  telegraph  and  telephone  lines,  or  other  public 
conveyances." 

Sec.  2.     This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  15,  1915. 


CHAPTER  38. 
LEASING  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS. 

Sec.  1.  That  Section  615,  "Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes, 
1910,  be  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 

"Sec.  615.  Manner  of  Leasing  State  Lands.  The  State 
Board  of  Land  Commissioners  and  also  the  State  Board  of 
School  Land  Commissioners  shall  severally  lease  all  state  and 
school  lands  belonging  to  the  state  in  such  manner  and  to  such 
parties  as  shall  inure  to  the  greatest  benefit  and  secure  the 
greatest  revenue  to  the  state.  Preference  shall  in  all  cases  be 
given  to  applications  for  leases  of  either  state  or  school  lands 
to  persons  who  are  resident  citizens  and  taxpayers  of  the  state, 
and  applications  made  by  citizens  of  the  state  who  hold  title 
to  lands  upon  which  they  reside  nearest  to  any  state  or  school 
lands  applied  for  shall  be  given  a  preference  right  over  all 
other  applicants  to  lease  the  same  at  such  rental  as  the  Board 
shall  deem  equitable  and  just;  provided,  that  such  preference 
right  shall  not  be  given  as  against  the  application  of  the  old 
lessee  who  has  made  valuable  improvements  upon  the  lands 
applied  for  or  on  lands  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  if  the  Board 
shall  find  that  such  preference  right  will  work  extreme  financial 
hardship  upon  such  old  lessee,  and  such  preference  to  resident 
title-holders  shall  extend  to  an  area  of  lands  equal  to  twice 
the  area  of  lands  to  which  such  resident  citizen  holds  title, 
not,  however,  to  exceed  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  school 
or  educational  institutions  lands,  or  a  total  of  two  thousand 
five  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  state  and  school  lands. 

Where  two  or  more  applicants  claim  preference  by  reason 
of  holding  title  to  lands  nearest  to  lands  applied  for,  the 
Boards  shall  grant  leases  upon  a  basis  as  nearly  equitable  as 
possible.  Applicants  claiming  the  preference  right  accorded 
by  this  section  must  set  forth  such  claims  at  the  time  of  making 
their  applications,  or  subsequent  thereto,  and  prior  to  the  ex- 
piration of  any  prior  lease  on  the  lands  covered  by  such  appli- 
cation." 


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Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  19,  1915. 


CHAPTER  42. 
TAX  FOR  UNIVERSITY  BUILDINGS. 

Levy — Expenditure. 

Sec.  1.  In  order  that  the  University  of  Wyoming  may  be 
kept  in  a  condition  of  full  efficiency  as  required  by  the  terms 
of  Section  Sixteen  of  Article  Seven  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Wyoming,  there  shall  be  assessed  upon  all  taxable 
property  in  the  state  in  each  year  a  tax  of  one-eighth  of  a  mill, 
in  addition  to  other  levies  or  appropriations  now  authorized 
or  to  be  authorized  by  law,  upon  each  and  every  dollar  of  the 
assessed  valuation  of  such  property,  which  tax  shall  be  levied, 
collected,  and  paid  to  the  state  treasurer  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law  for  the  levy,  collection  and  payment  of  other  state 
taxes.  Said  tax,  when -so  paid  to  the  state  treasurer,  shall  be 
paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  said  board  of  trustees  upon  the 
warrant  of  the  state  auditor,  to  be  issued  upon  request  of  said 
board  of  trustees.  The  proceeds  of  said  tax  shall  be  ap- 
propriated and  expended  by  the  said  board  of  trustees  for 
such  permanent  buildings  and  improvements  as  the  said  board 
in  its  discretion  may  deem  necessary.  Provided,  however,  that 
any  revenue  thus  collected  which  shall  be  in  excess  of  the 
amount  required  to  meet  the  expenses  of  buildings  and  im- 
provements in  any  given  year,  may  be  expended  by  said  board 
for  the  maintenance  of  extension  work  in  departments  other 
than  agriculture  and  home  economics. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  20,  1915. 


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CHAPTER  52. 

EXEMPTION  OF  CERTAIN  STATE  AND  SCHOOL  LANDS 
FROM  TAXATION. 

Lands  Sold  on  Contract. 

Sec.  1.  All  state  and  school  lands  within  the  state  of 
Wyoming  sold  on  contract  by  said  state  under  the  provisions 
of  Chapter  53,  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes,  1910,  together 
with  the  equity  and  possessor}^  right  of  the  purchaser,  shall 
be  exempt  from  taxation  until  the  right  to  a  deed  shall  have 
become  absolute. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage. 

Approved  February  23,  1915. 


CHAPTER  61. 
LEGALIZING  CERTAIN  SCHOOL  BONDS. 

Whereas,  School  District  No.  1,  in  the  County  of  TJinta  and 
State  of  Wyoming,  held  an  election  in  the  court  room  of  the 
Uinta  County  Court  House  at  Evanston  within  said  District  on 
Monday,  the  4th  day  of  May,  1914,  on  the  proposition  of  issu- 
ing Twenty-five  Thousand.  ($25,000.00)  Dollars  of  the  bonds 
of  said  School  District  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  high  school 
building;  and, 

Whereas,  at  said  election  a  majority  of  the  voters  voted 
in  favor  of  the  issuance  of  said  bonds ;  and, 

Whereas,  the  said  bonds  were  then  advertised  and  sold  to 
the  State  of  Wyoming  and  the  moneys  received  for  the  said 
bonds  have  been  used  in  the  erection  of  the  proposed  building, 
which  has  been  accepted  by  the  said  School  District;  and, 

Whereas,  it  is  claimed  that  certain  irregularities  occurred 
in  relation  to  some  of  the  proceedings  in  issuing  said  bonds; 
now,  therefore: 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Wyoming. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  said  proceedings  and  the  said  bonds  be, 
.and  they  are  hereby  legalized  and  rendered  valid  and  effective, 
and  the  said  bonds  are  made  valid,  legal  and  binding  in  all  the 
respects,  as  if  each  and  every  proceeding  in  the  issuance  of  the 
said  bonds  had  been  in  all  respects  due  and  regular  and  in 
conformity  with  the  statutes  governing  the  issue  of  such  bonds. 


122  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  24,  1915. 


CHAPTER  77. 
EMPLOYMENT  OF  CHILDREN. 

Employment  Prohibited. 

Sec.  1.  That  no  child  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age 
shall  be  employed  or  permitted  to  work  in  any  brewery,  dis- 
tillery, saloon,  concert  hall  or  other  establishment  where  malt 
or  alcoholic  liquors  are  manufactured,  packed,  wrapped,  bot- 
tled or  sold ;  no  child  under  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age  employed 
in  the  public  messenger  service,  shall  be  required  to  deliver  any 
message,  package  or  any  other  thing  whatsoever  to  any  brew- 
ery, distillery,  saloon,  concert  hall,  or  other  establishment  where 
malt  or  alcoholic  liquors  are  manufactured,  packed,  wrapped, 
bottled  or  sold,  or  to  any  premises  used  for  immoral  purposes. 

Improper  Exhibitions — Dangerous  Occupations. 

Sec.  2.  That  [is]  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  having 
the  care,  custody  or  control,  of  any  child  under  the  age  of  six- 
teen (16)  years  to  exhibit,  use  or  employ  such  child  as  an  actor 
or  performer  in  any  concert  hall  or  room  where  intoxicating 
liquors  are  sold  or  given  away,  or  for  any  illegal,  obscene, 
indecent  or  immoral  purposes,  exhibition  or  practice  whatso- 
ever, or  for  any  business  or  in  any  place,  situation,  or  exhibi- 
tion, or  vocation  injurious  to  the  morals  or  health,  or  dan- 
gerous to  the  life  or  limb  of  such  child,  or  cause,  procure  or 
encourage  such  child  to  engage  therein ;  nothing  in  this  section 
contained  shall  apply  to  or  affect  the  employment  or  use  of  any 
such  child  as  a  singer  or  musician  in  any  church,  school  or 
academy,  or  the  teaching  or  learning  the  science  or  practice 
of  music,  or  in  the  physical  development  of  its  body  in  any  re- 
spectable gymnasium  or  natatorium ;  nor  shall  anything  in  this 
section  be  construed  to  prevent  children  taking  part  in  what 
are  known  as  amateur  entertainments  or  theatricals  for  charity, 
or  not  for  profit,  in  schools,  churches,  settlement  houses,  or 
boys'  or  girls'  clubs. 

Mines,  Smelters  and  Machine  Shops. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation,  to  take,  receive,  hire  or  employ  any  child  or  chil- 
dren under  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age,  in  any  underground 


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works,  or  mine,  in  or  about  the  surface  workings  thereof,  or  to 
any  smelter,  coke  oven,  or  to  adjust  any  belt  to  any  machinery, 
or  to  operate,  or  assist  in  operating,  circular  or  band  saws, 
wood  shapers,  wood  joiners,  planers,  sand  paper  or  wood 
polishing  machinery,  emery  or  polishing  wheels  used  for  polish- 
ing metal,  wood  turning  or  boring  machinery,  stamping  ma- 
chines in  sheet  metal  and  tin  ware  manufacturing,  stamping 
machines  in  washer  and  nut  factories;  nor  shall  they  be  em- 
ployed in  operating  any  passenger  or  freight  elevators,  steam 
boiler,  steam  machinery,  or  other  steam  generating  apparatus, 
or  automobiles,  wire  or  iron  straightening  machinery;  nor 
shall  they  operate,  or  assist  in  operating,  rolling  mill  machinery, 
punchers,  or  shears,  nor  shall  they  operate,  or  assist  in  operat- 
ing laundry  machinery,  nor  shall  they  be  employed  in  any 
capacity  in  preparing  any  composition  in  which  dangerous 
or  poisonous  acids  are  used,  and  they  shall  not  be  employed 
in  any  capacity  in  the  manufacture  of  paints,  colors,  or  white 
lead;  nor  shall  they  be  employed  in  any  capacity  whatever 
in  the  manufacture  of  goods  for  immoral  purposes. 

Nine  Hour  Day. 

Sec.  4.  That  no  person  under  the  age  of  fourteen  (14) 
years  shall  be  employed,  or  suffered,  or  permitted,  to  work  at 
any  gainful  occupation,  except  farm  work  or  domestic  service, 
more  than  fifty-six  (56)  hours  in  any  one  week,  or  more  than 
nine  (9)  hours  in  any  one  day. 

Seats  for  Girls. 

Sec.  5.  That  no  female  under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age 
shall  be  employed,  permitted,  or  suffered  to  work  in  any 
capacity  where  such  employment  compels  her  to  remain  stand- 
ing constantly.  Every  person  who  shall  employ  any  female 
under  eighteen  (18)  years  of  age,  shall  provide  suitable  seats, 
chairs,  or  benches,  for  the  use  of  the  females  so  employed,  which 
shall  be  so  placed  as  to  be  accessible  to  such  employees,  and 
shall  permit  the  use  of  such  seats,  chairs,  or  benches,  by  them 
in  so  far  as  the  nature  of  their  work  allows,  and  there  shall 
be  provided  at  least  one  seat  to  every  three  (3)  female  em- 
ployees. 

Penalty. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  employing 
any  child  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  or  per- 
mitting, or  conniving  at  such  violation,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not 


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less  than  thirty  (30)  days  nor  more  than  ninety  (90)  days,  or 
by  both  such  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

Sec.  7.     That  all  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  with 
this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  8.     This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  24,  1915. 


CHAPTER  112. 
REMOVAL  OF  UNFAITHFUL  COUNTY  OFFICERS. 

Applicable  to  Every  County  Officer. 

Sec.  1.  Every  county  officer  shall  be  removed  from  office 
by  the  district  court  of  the  proper  county,  upon  charges  made 
in  writing  and  hearing  thereunder,  if  after  proof  submitted 
the  court  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  said  officer  has  been  guilty 
of  misconduct  or  malfeasance  of  office  in  the  manner  following : 

Governor  May  Direct  Commencement  of  Action. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  it  shall  appear  to  the  governor  on  veri- 
fied complaint  in  writing  of  qualified  electors  of  the  county  or 
otherwise,  that  any  county  officer  is  guilty  of  misconduct  or 
malfeasance  in  office,  he  may  direct  the  county  and  prosecuting 
attorney  of  the  county,  or  the  attorney  general  to  commence 
and  prosecute  an  action  in  the  district  court  of  the  county 
in  which  said  officer  is  an  official  praying  for  the  removal  of 
such  officer.  Such  action  shall  be  commenced  by  the  filing  of 
a  verified  petition  in  the  name  of  The  State  of  Wyoming  signed 
by  the  county  and  prosecuting  attorney  or  the  attorney  general 
and  shall  set  forth  the  facts  constituting  such  misconduct  or 
malfeasance  in  office. 

Summons  as  in  Civil  Cases. 

Sec.  3.  Upon  the  filing  of  such  petition  a  summons  shall 
be  issued  for  the  defendant  as  in  civil  cases  and  there  shall  ac- 
company the  summons  and  be  served  upon  the  defendant  a  copy 
of  the  petition  filed  against  him.  The  answer  day  shall  be  the 
same  as  is  now  provided  for  civil  suits  and  the  petition  and 
answer  shall  constitute  the  only  pleadings  allowed  and  the  alle- 
gations of  the  answer  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  the  petition 
shall  be  considered  denied  without  a  reply. 

Trial. 

Sec.  4.  Such  action  shall  be  tried  in  a  summary  manner 
by  the  district  court  with  or  without  the  intervention  of  a 


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jury  not  less  than  five  days  nor  more  than  thirty  days  after 
answer  day,  and  upon  said  trial  all  questions  touching  the 
sufficiency  or  certainty  of  the  allegations  of  the  petition  or  of 
the  answer  shall  be  heard  and  determined  and  such  amend- 
ments as  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  original  pleadings,  shall 
be  authorized  to  be  made  at  once  and  shall  not  delay  the  trial 
of  the  case.  If  upon  such  trial  the  court  shall  find  that  the 
defendant  has  been  guilty  of  the  misconduct  or  the  mal- 
feasance in  office  charged  in  the  petition,  a  judgment  shall  be 
entered  removing  the  defendant  from  such  office  and  taxing 
against  him  the  costs  of  the  action. 

Change  of  Judge. 

Sec.  5.  The  judge  of  a  district  court  in  which  an  action 
for  the  removal  of  an  officer  is  pending,  if  he  shall  be  unable 
to  try  such  action  within  the  period  provided  by  this  act,  shall 
call  in  one  of  the  other  district  judges  of  the  state.  No  change 
of  judge  shall  be  allowed  unless  proper  application  therefor 
is  filed  with  the  answer;  Provided,  that  if  the  judge  of  that 
district  is  unable  to  try  such  action  and  has  designated  another 
district  judge  to  try  the  same,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the 
application  must  be  filed  not  more  than  three  days  after  the 
filing  of  the  order  designating  the  judge  to  whom  the  action 
has  been  referred. 

Suspension  of  Officers  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  6.  Whenever  such  proceeding  has  been  commenced 
in  the  district  court  by  the  filing  of  a  petition,  the  governor 
may  cause  a  notice  to  be  served  upon  such  officer  by  any  person 
therein  designated  for  such  purpose,  setting  forth  the  mis- 
conduct or  malfeasance  in  office  as  charged  in  the  petition  and 
requiring  said  officer  to  appear  before  him  at  a  time  and  place 
therein  designated  but  not  less  than  five  days  after  the  service 
of  such  notice,  and  at  said  time  and  place  the  governor  shall 
hear  the  charges  against  and  the  defense  of  such  officer,  which 
may  be  presented  by  affidavits  or  otherwise,  and  if  upon  said 
hearing  he  shall  determine  that  such  officer  has  been  guilty  of 
said  misconduct  or  malfeasance  in  office  he  may  by  an  order 
signed  by  him  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state, 
suspend  such  officer  from  the  further  exercise  of  his  duties  in 
said  office,  and  such  suspension  shall  operate  until  the  termi- 
nation of  the  trial  of  such  officer  as  provided  for  in  Section 
4  hereof;  duplicate  copies  of  said  order  of  suspension  shall  also, 
be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  and  in  the  office  of  the 
clerk  of  the  district  court  of  the  county  in  which  the  accused 
is  an  officer. 


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Filling  Vacancies. 

Sec.  7.  Whenever  any  county  officer  shall  be  suspended 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act  the  person  or  board  having 
authority  to  fill  vacancies  in  such  office  shall  upon  such  sus- 
pension appoint  some  qualified  elector  temporarily  to  fill  such 
office  and  to  perform  the  duties  thereof  so  long  as  such  sus- 
pension shall  continue ;  Provided  however,  that  if  the  officer 
so  suspended  is  a  county  commissioner  the  governor  shall  ap- 
point some  qualified  elector  temporarily  to  fill  such  office  and 
perform  the  duties  thereof  so  long  as  such  suspension  shall 
continue.  Whenever  any  officer  shall  have  been  removed  by 
a  final  judgment  entered  in  such  proceeding  the  vacancy 
caused  thereby  shall  be  filled  as  in  the  manner  provided  by  law 
for  filling  vacancies  in  such  office. 

Officer  Restored  If  Not  Guilty. 

Sec.  8.  If  any  officer  who  shall  have  been  suspended 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  is  found  by  the  district  court 
to  be  not  guilty  of  the  misconduct  or  malfeasance  in  office 
charged  against  him,  he  shall  be  restored  to  his  office  and  shall 
receive  the  compensation  provided  for  such  office  during  the 
period  of  his  suspension,  and  he  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the 
State  of  Wyoming  for  all  actual  and  necessary  expenditures 
made  by  him  in  connection  with  all  trials  and  hearings  pro- 
vided for  in  this  Act. 

Hearing  by  the  Supreme  Court. 

Sec.  9.  Either  party  may  commence  a  proceeding  in  error 
in  the  supreme  court  by  filing  a  petition  in  error  as  in  civil 
actions,  within  thirty  days  after  the  entry  and  said  judgment, 
and  the  supreme  court  may  upon  motion  of  the  attorney  general 
fix  a  time  within  which  the  necessary  records  of  the  proceedings 
and  the  briefs  of  the  parties  shall  be  filed,  and  advancing  the 
cause  for  hearing.  No  such  proceeding  in  error  shall  suspend 
or  supersede  a  judgment  of  the  district  court  removing  such 
officer,  but  such  officer  shall  be  suspended  and  barred  from  per- 
forming the  duties  of  his  office  from  the  time  of  the  entry  of 
such  judgment  so  long  as  the  same  remains  unreversed. 

Certain  Provisions  Not  Affected. 

Sec.  10.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as  repeal- 
ing any  of  the  provisions  of  Chapter  20,  Wyoming  Compiled 
Statutes,  1910,  or  any  law  now  in  force  in  this  state  making  it 
a  crime  or  misdemeanor  for  said  officers  to  violate  certain 
statutes  of  this  state  and  providing  a  punishment  for  said 
violation ;  and  proceedings  under  this  act  shall  not  be  a  bar  to 


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proceedings  under  any  criminal  statute  in  the  state  of  Wyoming 
now  in  force  or  which  hereafter  may  be  in  force. 

Sec.  11.     This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  26,  1915. 


CHAPTER  127. 
PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION  OF  SCHOOL  PUPILS. 

Teacher  to  Make  Examinations. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  teacher  engaged  in 
teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  incorporated  cities 'and  towns 
of  the  State  separately  and  carefully  to  test  and  examine  every 
child  under  his  or  her  jurisdiction  to  ascertain  if  such  child  is 
suffering  from  defective  sight  or  hearing  or  diseases  of  nose  or 
throat.  Provided,  that  such  examination  shall  be  made  by 
observation  by  the  teachers,  without  using  drugs  or  instru- 
ments and  without  coming  in  physical  contact  with  said  child. 

Charts — Questions — Report. 

Sec.  2.  In  making  the  tests  required  by  Section  1  of  this 
Act  the  teacher  shall  employ  eye  testing  charts  of  a  standard 
character  approved  and  supplied  by  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  and  shall  conform  to  the  rules  of  the 
State  Superintendent  in  methods  of  applying  such  tests,  especial 
attention  being  given  to  defects  that  may  be  disclosed  by  the 
following  questions : 

1.  Does  the  pupil  habitually  suffer  from  inflamed  lids  or 
eyes  ? 

2.  Does  the  pupil  fail  to  read  a  majority  of  the  letters 
in  the  number  20  line  of  the  standard  vision  chart  with  either 
eye? 

3.  Do   the    eyes   and   head   habitually   grow   weary   and 
painful  after  study? 

4.  Does  the  pupil  appear  to  be  Across-eyed?" 

5.  Does  the  pupil  complain  of  ear-ache  in  either  ear? 

6.  Does  matter  (pus)  or  a  foul  odor  proceed  from  either 
ear? 

7.  Does  the  pupil  fail  to  hear  an  ordinary  voice  at  twenty 
feet  in  a  quiet  room? 

8.  Is  the  pupil  frequently  subject  to  "colds  in  the  head" 
and  discharges  from  the  nose  and  throat? 

9.  Is  the  pupil  an  habitual  "mouth  breather?" 


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If  an  affirmative  answer  is  found  to  any  of  these  questions 
the  teacher  shall  give  such  pupil  a  report  to  his  parent  or 
guardian  made  on  a  report  blank  prepared  and  furnished  by 
the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  such  report  to 
be  made  in  form  prescribed  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the  teacher  to  record  the 
results  of  the  examinations  required  by  Section  1  of  this  Act 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction. 

Duty  of  State  Superintendent. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  to  prescribe  rules  for  making  such  tests 
as  are  required  by  this  Act  and  to  prepare  copies  thereof,  to- 
gether with  all  blanks,  charts  and  printed  forms  deemed  neces- 
sary by  the  State  Superintendent  for  carrying  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  Act,  and  to  distribute  them  to  all  the  public 
school  teachers  in  incorporated  cities  and  towns  of  the  State, 
such  distribution  to  be  made  through  the  district  boards  or,  if 
there  be  such,  through  the  executive  officers  thereof,  the  ex- 
penses of  such  printing  and  distribution  to  be  borne  out  of  the 
State  Superintendent 's  contingent ;  Provided,  that  the  annual 
expense  for  such  purpose  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

When  Tests  Are  to  Be  Made. 

Sec.  4.  During  the  first  month  of  each  school  year,  after 
the  opening  of  school,  teachers  must  make  the  tests  required  of 
this  Act  upon  the  children  then  in  attendance  at  school;  and 
thereafter,  as  children  enter  school  during  the  year,  such  tests 
must  be  made  immediately  upon  their  entrance. 

Boards  of  Trustees  to  Enforce  This  Act. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Boards  of  Trustees  of 
the  several  school  districts  of  the  State  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  this  Act. 

Sec.  6.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  July  1,  1915. 

Approved  March  2,  1915. 


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CHAPTER  156. 
SALARIES  OF  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Sec.  1.  Section  1279  of  the  Wyoming  Compiled  Statutes, 
1910,  is  hereby  amended  and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  1297.  County  Superintendents  of  Schools  shall  re- 
ceive the  following  annual  salaries :  In  counties  having  an  as- 
sessed valuation  of  more  than  five  million  dollars,  one  thousand 
dollars ;  in  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation  of  less  than 
five  million  dollars,  and  counties  having  an  assessed  valuation 
of  icos  ilian  two  million  dollars,  five  hundred  dollars.  Together 
with  their  actual,  and  necessary  traveling  expenses,  while  en- 
gaged in  the  discharge  of  their  actual  duties,  the  amount  for 
which  expenses,  before  being  allowed,  shall  be  stated  in  sep- 
parate  items,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  or  receipts  for  all  items 
amounting  to  five  dollars  or  more,  and  otherwise  made  conform- 
able to  the  law. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 


CHAPTER  157. 
THE  SCHOOL  CODE  COMMITTEE. 

Appointment. 

Sec.  1.  The  Governor  of  the  State  of  Wyoming  is  author- 
ized and  is  hereby  directed  to  appoint,  by  and  with  the  consent 
of  the  Senate,  four  of  the  five  members  of  a  committee  to  be 
known  and  designated  as  the  Wyoming  School  Code  Committee, 
the  fifth  member  of  said  committee  to  be  the  State  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction.  Said  committee  to  serve  for  a  period 
of  two  years.  All  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  the  membership 
of  this  committee  shall  be  filled  by  the  Governor. 

Meetings. 

Sec.  2.  The  Governor  shall  designate  the  time  and  place 
for  the  first  meeting  of  this  committee,  and  all  succeeding  meet- 
ings shall  be  held  at  the  call  of  the  chairman  who  shall  have 
been  selected  at  the  first  meeting  from  the  membership  of  the 
committee. 

The  committee  shall  be  empowered  to  choose  a  secretary 
outside  its  own  membership  who  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
the  committee  may  direct. 

Duties. 

Sec.  3.     It. shall  be  the  duty  of  the  School  Code  Committee 


130  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

to  make  a  thorough  investigation  into  the  needs  of  the  public 
schools  of  Wyoming  and  the  laws  under  which  they  are  organ- 
ized and  operated ;  to  make  a  comparative  study  of  such  other 
public  schools  as  may  seem  advisable  and  to  report  to  the 
Governor  and  to  both  Houses  of  the  Fourteenth  Legislature  of 
the  State  of  Wyoming,  recommending  a  Revised  Code  of  School 
Laws. 

Compensation. 

Sec.  4.  The  members  of  the  committee  shall  receive  only 
their  actual  personal  and  traveling  expenses  while  engaged  in 
the  work  of  the  committee,  to  be  paid  upon  the  presentation  of 
itemized  statements  of  such  accounts,  verified  by  affidavits,  and 
approved  by  the  Governor ;  provided,  however,  that  the  secre- 
tary may  receive  fair  compensation  for  the  time  actually  spent 
in  the  work  of  the  committee,  such  compensation  to  be  deter- 
mined by  the  committee  and  approved  by  the  Governor. 

Appropriation. 

Sec.  5.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  the  funds  of 
the  state,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  sum  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  or  such  part  thereof  may  be  necessary  for  the  sat- 
isfactory performance  of  the  duties  of  this  committee.  The 
State  Anditor  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  warrant  for  the 
foregoing  amount  or  any  part  thereof  on  the  order  of  the 
School  Code  Committee  signed  by  tis  chairman,  attested  by  its 
secretary  and  approved  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 


CHAPTER  158. 
FUNDS  FOR  MAINTENANCE  OF  HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

Tax  Limit. 

Sec.  1.  That  should  any  school  district  determine  to  con- 
duct a  four  year  High  School,  with  a  course  of  study  sufficient 
to  prepare  its  pupils  for  admission  to  the  State  University, 
the  said  .District  shall  then  possess  and  have  added  to  its  pres- 
ent taxing  powers,  the  taxing  powers  of  a  High  School  District 
under  the  present  High  School  District  Law,  to-wit:  Not  to 
exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  the 
school  district  for  teachers  wages  and  contingent  expenses  and 
in  case  of  building,  not  to  exceed  in  all  ten  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  within  the  district. 


SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING  131 

Elimination  of  District  from  High  School  District. 

Sec.  2.  The  vote  to  determine  whether  or  not  any  school 
district  may  be  eliminated  from  any  high  school  district  at 
present  organized  and  that  the  said  school  district  will  main- 
tain such  a  school  shall  be  by  ballot  and  at  the  annual  meeting 
or  special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose.  The  form  of  the 
ballot  shall  be,  "For  a  Four  Year  High  School"  and  "Against 
a  Four  Year  High  School."  Fifty-one  per  cent  of  the  electors 
present  of  each  and  every  school  district  comprising  said  High 
School  district  and  voting  for  the  High  School  shall  be  sufficient 
authority  for  the  elimination  of  said  district  from  said  High 
School  district  and  for  the  voting  and  levying  of  the  additional 
funds  above  mentioned  for  High  School  purposes. 

Taxing  Power  Continues. 

Sec.  3.  After  the  establishment  of  such  a  High  School  the 
power  shall  remain  with  the  district  to  provide  annually  for 
its  maintenance  so  long  as  it  shall  maintain  a  four  year  High 
School  of  the  above  standard. 

Sec.-  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  5,  1915. 


CHAPTER  161. 
STATE  TEACHERS'  INSTITUTE. 

Held  Annually — Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Sec.  1.  To  promote  uniformity  in  the  methods  of  teaching 
throughout  the  state  and  greater  efficiency  in  the  public  schools, 
through  lectures,  discussion,  demonstration,  and  other  means 
within  the  scope  of  institute  work,  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction  shall  hold  and  conduct  annually  a  State 
Teachers '  Institute  at  a  time  and  place  to  be  determined  by  said 
Superintendent.  Said  Institute  may  be  held  at  the  same  time 
and  place  as  the  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation and  concurrently  therewith,  in  case  the  said  association 
does  not  require  as  a  condition  of  membership  the  payment  of 
a  fee  or  dues  by  a  teacher  who  has  paid  the  annual  certificate 
registration  fee  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  State  Superin- 
tendent shall  appoint  a  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  State 
Teachers'  Institute,  and  shall  have  authority  to  fill  any  vacancy 
occurring  in  either  of  those  offices,  and  determine  the  amount 
of  compensation,  if  any,  to  be  paid  said  officers  respectively; 


132  SCHOOL  LAWS   OF  WYOMING 

provided,  that  such  compensation  shall  be  paid  only  out  of  the 
funds  provided  by  this  act  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  hold- 
ing and  conducting  the  State  Institute.  The  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  so  appointed  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
Superintendent,  and  the  Treasurer  shall  be  required  to  give 
a  bond  in  a  sum  not  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  duties  and  the  faithful  accounting 
for  any  money  which  shall  come  into  his  hands  as  such  officer, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Superintendent ;  the  fee  or  charge  for 
said  bond  to  be  paid  out  of  the  funds  made  by  this  act  available 
for  defraying  the  expenses  of  said  Institute. 

Certificate  Registration  Fee. 

Sec.  2.  At  the  time  of  the  first  registration  of  a  teacher's 
certificate  of  any  class  in  the  office  of  the  county  superintendent 
of  schools  of  any  county,  as  required  by  Section  2022  of  the 
Compiled  Statutes,  1910,  the  teacher  named  in  said  certificate 
shall  pay  to  the  county  superintendent  as  a  registration  fee  the 
sum  of  one  dollar,  and  thereafter  in  each  school  year  a  like 
fee  of  one  dollar,  to  be  known  as  the  annual  registration  fee, 
shall  be  paid  by  each  holder  of  a  teacher's  certificate  of  any 
class,  who  is  engaged  in  teaching  in  any  of  the  public  schools 
in  the  state,  to  the  county  superintendent  of  the  county  wherein 
the  holder  of  such  certificate  is  so  engaged;  provided,  that  in 
case  any  such  certificate  shall  be  registered  in  more  than  one 
county  during  the  same  school  year  only  one  fee  shall  be  paid 
therefor,  the  same  to  be  collected  by  the  superintendent  with 
whom  the  certificate  is  first  registered  during  that  year.  The 
registration  fees  herein  provided  for  shall  be  transmitted  by 
each  county  superintendent  of  schools  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
State  Teachers'  Institute,  with  a  statement  showing  the  names 
of  the  several  teachers  paying  the  same,  and  thereupon  the  said 
treasurer  shall  issue  a  receipt  for  the  amount  to  the  county 
superintendent.  A  duplicate  of  the  statement  sent  to  the  treas- 
urer shall  at  the  same  time  be  transmitted  by  the  county  su- 
perintendent to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
The  form  of  the  report  transmitting  such  fees  and  the  receipt 
therefor  shall  be  prepared  and  furnished  by  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction.  The  fees  thus  collected  shall 
constitute  a  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  of  the  institute 
for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  holding  and  conducting  the 
said  State  Teachers'  Institute,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  out 
by  the  Institute  Treasurer  upon  the  order  of  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Public  Instruction,  attested  by  the  Institute  Secretary. 
The  term  "school  year"  as  used  in  this  section  shall  be  under- 
stood and  construed  to  mean  the  period  beginning  the  first 


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day  of  September  and  ending  the  thirty-first  day  of  August  of 
the  following  calendar  year. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Approved  March  6,  1915. 


CHAPTER  162. 
UNIFORMS  FOR  SCHOOL  CADETS. 

Sec.  66a.  The  sum  of  twenty-one  hundred  dollars 
($2100.00)  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  is  hereby 
appropriated  out  of  the  funds  of  the  state  treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  for  the  purchase  of  uniforms  for  the  mem- 
bers of  all  public  school,  cadet  organizations  in  the  state,  which 
adopt  military  setting-up  exercises [,]  drill  and  calesthenics  and 
conduct  the  same  according  to  requirements,  rules  and  regula- 
tions laid  down  by  the  State  Adjutant-General.  Such  uniforms' 
shall  be  chosen,  purchased,  distributed  and  used  in  accord- 
ance with  the  directions  of  the  Adjutant-General,  and  this 
appropriation  shall  be  expended  under  directions  of  the  Adju- 
tant-General by  vouchers  rendered  in  the  regular  form  to  the 
State  Treasurer  and  approved  by  the  Adjutant-General. 

Section  66a  is  the  only  section  of  Chapter  162  relating  to  Schools. 


INDEX  TO  SCHOOL  LAWS 


Sec.  Page 

Abusive  Language — Penalty 1959  44 

Accounts — Balance  by  Fiscal  Officers 260  8 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer 2038  67 

Admission  to  High  Schools  from  Other  Districts 2076  79 

Admission  to  State  University 2078  80 

Agriculture — Co-operative — 

Appropriation  for 2  112 

Authority  of  University  Trustees 1  ill 

Act  of  Congress  Accepted l  ill 

County  Agent 5  113 

Counties  May  Unite  to  Form  Districts 4  113 

Extension  Work 6  113 

Extension    Work — Expert    5  113 

Funds  Expended  How 3  112 

Funds  for  County  Work 3  112 

Money  from  Other  Sources 6  113 

Animals — Humane  Treatment  of 1976  48 

Annual  Election  of  District  Officers — Trustees 1930-31  36 

Annual  Enumeration — Children 1992  Si 

Annual   Fiscal   Reports 261  8 

Annual    Interest — Kate    Fixed    by    Board    of    Deposits—- 
When   2492  101 

Annual  Report  State  Board  of  Examiners 2027  64 

Appeal — District   Boundary  Board 5  28 

Apportionment  of  Taxes 1299  25 

Arbor  Day 3582  110 

Assessed  Valuation — Limit 3  92 

Assessments — How  Determined 1150  19 

Assessments — When  Made 2402  89 

Attorney  General — Duties  of 145  6 

Must  Investigate  Violation  of  Contracts 2010  57 

Shall  Approve  Investment  of  Land  Funds 125 

Auditing  and  Payment  of  Claims 1949  41 

Auditor  May  Withhold  Salaiy 1148  19 

Authority  of  Board  to  Remove  Pupils 1945  40 

Biennial  Reports — State  Officers 262  9 

Birds — 

Destruction  of  Eggs  Prohibited — Penalty 2788  107 

Certificates — By  Whom  Issued — Bond 2791  107 

Game  Birds  Defined 2788  107 

Scientific  Use  Permitted 2790  107 

Term  of   Certificate   _                                                    ._2792  108 


136  SCHOOL  LAWS  OF  WYOMING 

Sec.  Page 

Not  Protected 2793  108 

Unlawful  to  Kill  Birds 2788  107 

Board  of  Directors — County  Library 13  18  33 

Board  of  Directors — County  Library 1321  34 

Board  of  Examiners — 

Appointed  by  Whom 2013  58 

Bond  Required  of  Secretary 2024  63 

Certificate  Extended  on  Reading  Circle  Work 2019  62 

Certificate  Fees 2023  63 

Certificates — How  Issued 2026  64 

Certificates  on  Examination 2013  58 

Certificates  Presented  from  Other  States 2018  62 

Certificates — Special   Technical 2017  62 

Certificates   Without   Examination 2014  59 

Certificates  Valid — How  Long 2015  60 

Certificates  Valid  for  Teaching  in  What  Schools 2016  61 

Classes  of  Certificates  Authorized 2013  58 

Compensation 2013  58 

Compensation    Denied    to    Teachers    Without    Cer- 
tificate   2020  62 

Compensation  to  Co.  Supt.  Without  Certificate 22 

County  Permits  Granted — When  and  by  Whom 2025  63 

Reading  Circle  Work 2019  62 

Reading  Circle  Recommended  by 2021  63 

Registration   of  Certificates 2022  63 

Shall  Adopt  Rules  and  Regulations 2013 

Shall  be  Established 2013  58 

Shall  Make  Annual  Report  to  State  Superintendent_2027  64 

Shall   Prepare   Examination   Questions 2013 

Shall  Recommend  Certificates 2013  58 

Who  Shall  Constitute 2013  58 

Board  of  Trustees — 

Advertise  for  Bids 1946  41 

Election  of — When  Increased  to  Six 1931  37 

Meets  When 1934  37 

Oath  of 1929  36 

Board  of  Charities  and  Reform 436  14 

Board  of  Trustees  of  University 413  14 

Bonded  Debt 10  96 

Bonding  Question — Submission  to   Electors 2066  76 

Bond  of  County  Treasurer — Additional 2038  67 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer 1952  42 

Bond — Form  of — Given  by  State  Depositories 2490  99 

Bonds — 

Custodian  of  State  _                                                 106  3 


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Exempt  from  Taxation 2323  87 

Failure  to  Give 1141  17 

For  High  School  District -_206S  75 

Guarantee  Company 287  13 

High    School   District — Payment   of 2067  77 

How  Invested 126  4 

Limitation  on  Expense  of 288  14 

Of  Revenue  Officers . 1156  20 

Of   Treasurer    281  11 

Of  Treasurer — Premium  Payable  on 283  12 

Payable   to   State — When 1155  20 

Premium   on ._    126  4 

Required    When    1157  21 

Secretary  of  Board  of  Examiners 2024  63 

State   Auditor 266  9 

State  Treasurer 266  9 

Surety 286  13 

Surety  Company — Expense  of 286  13 

Sureties  on 285  13 

Konds  and  Oaths 1135  16 

Bonds   Exempt  from   Taxation 2323  87 

Bonds — Recovery  of — Duty  of  Attorney  General 2497  103 

Bonds — Refunding — Custody   of 2047  69 

Bonds — Refunding — Sale  of 2048  70 

Bonds  of  Revenue  Officers 11  56  20 

Bonds  of  State  Officers 106  3 

Bonds  of  State  Officers 266  9 

Books  Paid  for  by  Order  on  District  Treasurer 2005  56 

Books  Paid  for  from  Public  School  Land  Inc.ome  Fund 2004  56 

Books  Property  of  District 2011  57 

Bribes — Penalty 2508  106 

Canvass  After  Election  for  High  School — District 2058  73 

Certificates  for  Collecting  Birds — Bond 2791  107 

Certificates — Teachers — Must   be   Registered  Annually 2  121 

Certificates  of  Graduation 2078  80 

Certificates — How  Issued 2026  64 

Certificate  Necessary  for  Compensation 2020  62 

Certificates — Periods  for  Which  Valid 2015  60 

Certificates — Positions  for  Which  Valid 2016  61 

Chairman  and  Secretary — District  Boundary  Board 2  27 

Change  in  County  Boundaries — Effect  on  School  Districts_l972  47 

City  or  Town — Limit  of  Increase  in  Taxation 1  92 

Cfty  Superintendent  and  Others  to  Report  Failure 3  31 

Clerk  to  Certify  Number  of  Teachers 1  24 

Clerks  of  State  Boards — Compensation 271  10 


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Clerk  Shall  Keep  Accounts 1982  49 

Collateral    Security    May     Be   Given    by    State     Deposi- 
tories  2491  100 

Collector  of  Taxes 1183  22 

Collection  of  Tax 2069  77 

Collection  and  Disposition  of  Fines 1970  46 

Compulsory  Education 1956  43 

Duty  of  Truant  Officer 1957  43 

Duty  of  District  Board 1958  44 

Duty  of  County  Superintendent 1958  44 

Duty  of  Teacher 1958  44 

Free  to  All  Children 1956  43 

Computation  of  Mileage 1138  17 

Condition  of  Bond 284  12 

Contingent  Funds 252 

Contingents  of  State  Officers 249  6-7 

Copies  of  Records  as  Evidence 1147  18 

Corporate  City  in  One  District 4  27 

Counties — Classification    of 15-16 

County  Commissioners — 

May  Call  Special  Election 2110  83 

Shall   Equalize   Assessments 2403  89 

Limit 2  92 

County  Library — 

Board  of  Directors 13  18  33 

Librarian 1319  33 

Location  of 1319  33 

Purchase  of  Books  for 1318  33 

Tax  to  be  Levied— Amount 1316  32 

Tax — How  Levied  and  Collected 13  17  32 

To  be  Free 1320  34 

Use  of  Books 1321  34 

County  Library  Tax — Limit  as  Amended  by  S.  L.  191 5 8  95 

County  Officers  to  be  Elected  __i 2091  82 

County  Officers — 

Duties  of 2091  82 

Election — Occurs  When 2091  82 

How  Paid 1145  18 

May  Appoint  Deputies — When 1151  20 

Mileage  of : 1138  17 

Time  of  Qualifying 1136  16 

Vacancies    2112  83 

Vacancies    '. 1137  16 

County  School  Tax  Limit 7  IS 


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County    Superintendent — Must   Hold   and   File   Teacher's 

Certificate 1  22 

County  Superintendent — Oath  and  Bond 1296  23 

County  Superintendent — Send  Duplicate  Statement  Fees 

to  State  Superintendent 2 

County    Superintendent  —  Send    Fees    to    Treasurer    of 

State  Teachers'  Institute 2 

County  Superintendent  —  Shall  Report  Enumeration  of 

Children    1996 

County  Superintendent  of  Schools — 

Apportionment  of  County  School  Funds 1299  25 

Bond  of 1296  23 

County  School  Fund — How  Apportioned 1299  25 

Office  at  County  Seat 24 

Records  of  Office 24 

County   Teachers'   Institute 1305  29 

Duties  of 1298  23 

Failure  to  Make  Reports — Penalty 1303  29 

May  Appoint  Deputies 1306  30 

Oath  and  Bond 1296  23 

Prohibited  from  Teaching 1296  23 

Reports    of    1298  23 

Report  of  Enumeration  to  State  Superintendent 1996  53 

Salary  Oi 1297  23 

Shall  Distribute  Blanks 1298  23 

Shall  Visit  Schools 1302  28 

Supervision  and  Appelate  Authority  of 1304  29 

Supplement  Apportionment 1300  26 

Teachers'   Institute — How  Conducted 1305  29 

County  Treasurer — 

Collector  of  Taxes 11S3  22 

Custodian  of  County  Funds 1186  22 

Shall  Have  Custody  of  Funds _2037  67 

Shall  Receive  School  Money 2405  90 

Coupons  of  Refunding  Bonds^Where  Paid ,-2043  68 

Course  of  Study  by  State  Superintendent 1  31 

Course  of  Study — High  School 2074  79 

Court  Officers  May  Give  Surety  Bonds  —  When  —  Ex- 
pense       286  13 

Custodian  of  County  Funds 1186  22 

Custody  of  Refunding  Bonds 2047  69 

County  Teachers'  Institutes 1305  29 

Defacing  School  Property — Penalty  for 1959  44 

Depositories — Interest    2501  104- 


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Depositories — Must  Keep  Accurate  Accounts  and  Submit 

Same  to  State  Treasurer — When 2493  101 

Depositories  Public  Money — How  Applied  for 2488  97 

Deposits  by  State  Treasurer — Limitations 2489  98 

Deposits — Collateral    Security    2404  105 

Deposits — County,   City  School — Banks  Applying  for 2500  103 

Deposits — Interest  and  Security 2490  98 

Deposits — Interest — How  Computed 2502  104 

Deposits — Liability  of  State  Treasurer 2494  101 

Deposits — "Proper  Governing  Board" 2499  103 

Deposits — Security  Required 2503  104 

Deposits — State — Interest    on — How    Computed 2493  101 

Deposits — Withdrawal  by  State  Treasurer 2494  101 

Deputies  of  State  Officials 269  10 

Designation  of  State  Depositories 2488  97 

Destruction  of  Eggs — Penalty 2789  107 

Diploma  Certificates 2017  61 

Director  to  Preside  at  District  Meetings  and  Countersign 

Orders    1977  48 

Director  of  District  to  Appear  in  Actions 1979  48 

Director   Shall   Qualify 1941  40 

Discrimination    on    Account    of    Sex    or    Religious    Belief 

Prohibited 1965  45 

Dismissal    of    Incompetent    Teachers    Recommended    by 

County    Superintendent 1302  28 

Disposition  of  Fines 6116  110 

Distribution  of  State  School  Funds 1997  53 

District  Board — 

Appoint   Visiting  Committee 1948  41 

May  Establish  Manual  Training  Schools 1975  48 

May   Remove   Scholars 1945  40 

Meets  When 1934  37 

Members  May  Administer  Oaths — When 1944  40 

Powers  and  Duties  of 1943  43 

'Shall  Audit  and  Pay  Claims 1949  41 

Shall  Meet — When , 1942  40 

District  Boundary  Board — 

Appeal 5  28 

Chairman  and  Secretary 2  27 

Corporate  City  in  One  District 4  27 

Funds  of  New  Districts 6  28 

Members  and  Duties l  26 

Notice  to  District  Clerk 3  27 

District  Clerk  to  Certify  Debt  Limit 1981  49 

District  Formed  from  Portion  of  Two  Counties  _             ._1926-  36 


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District  Meeting  May  Adopt  Rules  of  Order 1937  39 

District  Officers  Duties  of — 

Clerk  to  Certify  Debt  Limit  , 1981  49 

Clerk — Duties   of 1980  48 

Clerk  Shall  Defend  Districts  in  Suits 1979  48 

Clerk  Shall  Keep  Accounts 1982  49 

Director  Shall  Countersign  Orders 1977  48 

Director  Shall  Defend  District  in  Suits 1979  48 

Director  Shall  Preside  at  Meetings 1977  48 

District  Money — How  Received 1989  5l 

District  Meetings — Notice  of 1983  49 

Drafts  and  Orders — How  Drawn 1978  48 

Enumeration  of  Children 1992  51 

Enumerator — Employment    of    1993  52 

Enumeration — Penalty  for  Making  False 1994  52 

Enumeration — Penalty  for  Failure  to  Make 1995  52 

Flag  to  Be  Displayed  on  School  House 1991  5l 

Funds  for  Teachers 1988  5l 

Penalty  for  Failure  to  Make  Report 1  50 

Report  of  Clerk  to  County  Superintendent 1984  49 

Report  of  Treasurer 1986  50 

School  House  Fund . 1988  51 

Teachers'  Fund 1987  50 

Treasure- — Duties  of 1986  50 

Treasurer  Shall  Publish  Report 1986  50 

Treasurer  Shall  Receive  District  Money 1989  51 

Treasurer  Shall  Render  Statement  on  Request 1990  5l 

Districts — How  Annexed  to  High  School  Districts 2080  80 

Donations — County  Library 1319  33 

Drafts  and  Orders — How  Drawn 1978  48 

Duplicate   Remittance   Slips 1  26 

Duty  of  County  Superintendent 2        25-31 

Duties — County    Superintendent    1298  23 

Duties — District   Clerk 1980  48 

Duties — District  Clerk 1984  49 

.Duties  of  District  Treasurer — Publication  of  Report 1986  50 

Duty — Secretary  State  Board  of  Examiners 2324  63 

Election   by   Ballot — High   School  District 2057  72 

Election  for  and  Issuance  of  School  Bonds 2029  65 

Election — High   School   District 2054  72 

Eligibility  to  Share  in  Annual  Apportionment 4  32 

Employment  and  Payment  of  Teachers 1955  43 

Employment  of  Counsel 1969  46 

Employment  of  Enumerator , 1993  52. 

Enumeration — Delinquent    Pupils    1958  44 


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Equalization  of  Assessment 2403  89 

Establishment  of  High  Schools  in  District 1. 1953  42 

Estimate  for  Maintenance  of  High  School  When  Bonds  Are 

Issued 2068  77 

Examinations  Required 1966  46 

Excess  of  Tax  Levy  Unlawful 11  96 

Faculty — High  School 2072  78 

Failure  to   Enumerate — Penalty 1995  52 

Failure  to  Give  New  Bond 1141  17 

Failure  to  Make   Report — Penalty 1  50 

Failure  to  Make  Report — Penalty 1303  29 

Failure    Trustees    to    Open    Election — High    School    Dis- 
trict     2055  72 

Fake  Enumeration — Penalty 1994  52 

Fee — Annual  Registration  of  Certificate 2  121 

Fee — On  Application  for  Certificate 2023  63 

Fines 250  7 

Fines — Disposition  of 6116  110 

Fines — To  Whom  May  be  Paid 6117  110 

First  Election  of  Trustees — Officers  of  District 1928  36 

Flag  to  be  Displayed  on  School  House 1991  Si 

Form  of  Bond  Given  by  State  Depositories 2490  99 

Free  Text  Books — 

Attorney    General    Must    Investigate     Violation     of 

Contract    2010  57 

Books — Paid  for  from  What  Fund 2004  56 

Books — Paid  for  by  Order  on  District  Treasurer 2005  56 

Books — Property  of  District 2011  57 

Contract  Supplied  by  State  Superintendent 2009  57 

Contract — Violation  of 2010  57 

Directors  May  Contract  for 2002  55 

Duty  of  School  Directors 2002  55 

Duty  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 2008  56 

Orders — From  What  Funds  Paid 2006  56 

Publisher  Becoming  Member  of  Trust  Nullifies  Con- 
tract  2007  56 

Publishers  Must  File  Bond 2003  55 

Pupils  May  Purchase  Books 2012 

State    Superintendent    Shall     Receive    Sworn     Price 

Lists 2008  56 

Text  Books  in  Public  Schools 2002  55 

Free  to  All  Children — Public  School 1956  43 

Fund  Appropriated , 1  90 

Funds — County,   City,   School 2499  103 

Funds  of  New  Districts  _                                                                 6  28 


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Funds  Not  Deposited 2495  102 

Funds  Not  Deposited 2505  105 

Funds  on  Which  Orders  May  be  Drawn  to  Pay  for  Text 

Books    2006  56 

Funds — Permanent — Investment  of 2498  103 

Game  Birds  Defined 2788  107 

Garnishment  of  Public  Officer 4797  110 

General  Election — Who  May  Vote 2092  83 

Government — High  School 2073  79 

Governor — 

Free  Access  to  State  Offices 83  3 

May  Require  Reports — When 84  3 

Reports    to 84  3 

Shall  Appoint  Trustees  of  University 413  14 

Shall  Approve  Investment  of  Land  Funds 125  3 

High  School  Districts — 

Admission  of  Pupils  from  Other  Districts 2076  79 

Annexation  of  District 2080  80 

Appointment  First  Trustees 2059  73 

Body   Corporate 2052  71 

Bonds — Payment  of 2067  77 

Canvass 2058  73 

Collection  of  Tax 2069  77 

Courses  of  Sti'dy 2074  79 

Certificates  of  Graduation 2078  80 

Commissioners'  Action  on  Return  of  Election 2083  81 

Election — Called  by   Commissioners 2054  72 

Election — Failure  of  Trustees  to  Open 2055  72 

Election — Judges  of 2056  72 

Election  by  Ballot 2057  72 

Election  of  Trustees — Time 2060  74 

Employment  of  Faculty 2072  78 

Estimate  for  Maintenance  When  Bonds  Are  Issued_2068 

Formation 2051  71 

Formed — How 2053  71 

Free  to  Bona  Fide  Residents 2079  80 

Government    2073  79 

Maintenance  of  High  Schools 119 

Mileage  of  Trustees 2077  80 

Petition  for  Annexation . 2081  80 

Powers  of  Board 2064 

Quorum    — 2062  74 

Record  of  Proceedings 2070  77 

Submission  of  Bonding  Question  to  Electors 2066  76 

Submission  of  Question 2082  81 


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Tax  Levy  and  Bond 2065  75 

Trustees — Terms    2061  74 

Trustees  to  Provide  Suitable  Buildings 2071  78 

When  Created . 2059  73 

Where  Located 2063  7l 

High  Schools — Elimination  of  District  from  High  School 

District    2  119 

High  Schools — Funds  for  Maintenance  of — Tax  Limit 1  119 

High  Schools — Taxing  Power  Continues 3  119 

How  School  District  Shall  be  Numbered 1926  36 

How  Law  Concerning  Kindergarten  Can  be  Carried  Into 

Effect    2001  55 

Humane  Treatment  of  Animals 1976  48 

Indebtedness  in  Excess  of  Constitutional  Limit — Void 1353  35 

Interest — Annual — Rate    Fixed   by    Board   of   Deposits — 

When 2492  97 

Interest  on   Public   Warrants 3365  109 

Interest  on  State  Deposits — How  Computed 2493  101 

Interest   Rate   Not   Effective — When 3364  109 

Inspection  by  Governor 83  3 

Inventory  of  State  Property 268  10 

Issuance  of  Certificates  Without  Examination 2014  59-60 

Joint  Institutes 2  30 

Judges  of  Election 2056  72 

Kindergarten  Shall  Be  Part  of  School  System 1999  54 

Kindergarten  Teachers 1999  54 

Land  Funds — How  Invested 125  3 

Land  Funds — How  Invested 126  4 

Land  Income  Funds  Available — When 2485  90-91 

Law  Not  Changed  in  Reference  to  Apportionment 2000  54 

Legal  Advisor  of  County  Officers 1207  22 

Legal    Holidays    3581  109 

Levy  of  Taxes    2403  89 

Liability  of  Treasurer  for  School  Money 1974  48 

Librarian — County  Library 1319  33 

Libraries  to  be  Free 1320  34 

Library  Tax — How  Levied  and  Collected 13  17  32 

Limitation  on  Expense  of  Bond 288  14 

Location  of  County  Library 1319  33 

Manner  of  Conducting  Annual  Meeting 1939  39 

Manual  Training  Schools 1975  48 

May  Appoint  Deputies 1306  30 

Meetings  of  Board _• 1942  40 

Members  and  Duties  of  District  Boundary  Board 1  26 

Membership  of  State  Board  of  Deposits 2487  97 


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Members  of  Board  May  Administer  Oaths 1944  40 

Method  of  Estimating  Levy 4  92 

Method  of  Estimating  Levy 5  93 

Mileage  of  County  Officers — How  Computed 1138  17 

Misdemeanor 12  96 

New  Bonds — When  Required 1157  21 

Notice  of  District  Meetings 1983  49 

Notice  of  Formation  of  New  District 1926  35 

Notice  to  District  Clerk — District  Boundary  Board 3  27 

Oaths  of  Directors 1929  36 

Objects  in  Voting  Money  to  be  Designated 1936  39 

Officer  Failing  to  Pay  Over  Money — Penalty 1971  47 

Officer  Filling  Vacancy  to  Give  Bond 1142  18 

Officers  Deposit  Monthly  on  First  Monday 2486  97 

Officers  Responsible  for  Acts  of  Deputies 11 52  20 

Officers  to  be  Paid  in  Warrants 1145  18 

Office,  County  Superintendent 1  24 

Offices  of  County  Officers 1134  16 

Official  Bonds  in  Surety  Company — Expense 287  13 

Official  Bonds  Payable  to  State 1155  20 

Official  Written  Reports 84  3 

Official  Year  Defined 1146  18 

Payment  of  Bonds 2067  77 

Payment  of  Refunding  Bonds 2046  69 

Penalty — Limitation  -of  Expense 250  7 

Penalty — Failure  to  Publish  Accounts 254  8 

Penalty  for  Misapplication  of  Funds  by  Trustees 2036  66 

Perjury  by  Surety 1143  18 

Permits  Granted  to  Teach — When  and  by  Whom 2025  63 

Persons  Disqualified  from  Voting  or  Holding  Office 2275  84 

Petition  for  Annexation  to  High  School  District 2081  80 

Petition  for  Annexation  to  High  School  District 2082  81 

Physical  Examination  of  Pupils — 

Board  of  Trustees  to  Enforce  Act 117 

Charts  for  Testing  Eyes 115 

Duty  of  State  Superintendent 116 

Questions  Used  in  Testing  Eyes,  Ears,  Etc 115-116 

Reports — To  Whom  Made 116 

Records  of  Results 116 

Teacher  to  Make  Examinations 115 

Use  of  Drugs  or  Instruments  Forbidden 115 

Platte  County — Appropriation  for  Relief  of 111 

Pledge  for  Payment  of  School  Bonds 2031  65 

Population — How   Determined 1149  19 

Posting  Notices 1926  35 


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Power  to  Appoint  Deputies 1151  20 

Power  of  Trustees  to  Establish  Kindergartens 1998  54 

Powers  and  Duties  of  District  Board 1943  40 

Power  of  Deputies — Bonds 11 53  20 

Powers  of  District  Meeting 1935  38 

Premiums  on  Bonds 283  12 

Preparation  of  School  Bonds 2035  66 

Procedure  in  Removal 1160  21 

Profit  Making  Prohibited 2507  106 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation 2321  86 

Property  Exempt  from  Taxation 2322  86 

Property  Subject  to  Taxation 2324  87 

Publication  of  Accounts 253  8 

Public  Kindergarten — 

Funds — How  Provided 2001  55 

How  Established 1998  54 

Law  Not  Changed  in  Reference  to  Apportionment 2000  54 

Powers  of  Trustees  to  Establish  Kindergartens 1998  54 

Shall  be  Part  of  School  System 1999  54 

Teachers  for 1999  54 

Public  Money  to  be  Paid  Into  Treasury 1144  18 

Publisher  Becoming  Member  of  Trust  Nullifies  Contract_2007  56 

Publishers  Must  File  Bonds 2003  55 

Pupils  Admitted  from  Adjoining  Districts 1945  40 

Pupils  May  Purchase  Books 2012  57 

Qualifications  of  Electors 1940  40 

Qualifications  of  Office  Holders 2273  84 

Qualifications  of  Sureties 1140  17 

Reading  Circle  Books 2021  63 

Records — County  Officers '. 1134  16 

Records — County  Superintendent 2  24 

Recovery  of  Bonds — Duty  of  Attorney  General 2497  103 

Redemption  of  Refunding  Bonds 2045  69 

Redemption  of  School  Bonds 2033  66 

Refunding  Bond  Fund _ 2048  70 

Refunding  Bond  Fund 2049  70 

Refunding  Bond  Fund 2050  70 

Refunding  Bonds — Form,  Time  and  Interest 2040  67 

Refunding  Bonds — Signature  and  Sale 2042  68 

Refunding  School  District  Bonds — 

Balance — How  Paid 2049  70 

Balance  in  Hands  of  County  Treasurer 2049  70 

By  Whom  Signed 2042  68 

Coupons — Where  Paid 2043  68 

Duty  County  Treasurer 2047  69 


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Duty  of  School  Directors  as  to  Redemption 2045  69 

Form  of  Bond,  Time  and  Interest 2040  67 

Funds  Realized  from  Sale  of 2048  70 

Interest  on  Refunding  Bonds 2040  67 

Payment   for — How    Pledged 2046  69 

Power  of  Board  to  Issue  Refunding  Bonds 2039  67 

Property  in  District  Pledged  for  Payment 2046  69 

Redemption  of  Bonds 2045  69 

Refunding  Bonds — How  Issued 2039  67 

Registration  of  Bonds 2041  68 

Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds 2042  68 

Surplus — How  Used 2050  70 

Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal 2044  68 

Refusal  to  Deliver  Records  to  Successor — Penalty 1968  46 

Registration  of  Certificates 2022  63 

Registration  of  Certificates — Fee  for 2  121 

Registration  of  Refunding  Bonds 2041  68 

Regular  Meetings  of  District 1934  37 

Relief  of  Platte  County — Appropriation ill 

Removal  of  Officers 1159  21 

Repeal — Relating  to  Albany  County  Land  Income  Fund 2  91 

Residents — Bona  Fide — No  High  School  Tuition 2079  80 

Resignation  of  Elective  Officers 2276  85 

Restriction  Upon  Public  Officers  in  Contracting 280  11 

Returns  of  Election  to  High  School  District 2083  81 

Salaries  of  Deputies _ 1 270  10 

Salaries  of  Officers  of  State  Institutions 263  9 

Salaries  of  State  Officials 136  6 

Salaries — When  Due 264  9 

Salaries — When   Paid 1158  21 

Salary — County  Superintendent 1297  23 

Sale  of  Bonds — Application  of  Proceeds 2030  65 

Sale  of  Collateral 2496  102 

Sale  of  Refunding  Bonds 2048  70 

School   Boards  May  Call  Election  to  Determine   Issue  of 

School   Bonds 2028  64 

School  Board  May  Issue  Refunding  Bonds 2039  67 

School  Bonds — Payment  of  Interest 2034  66 

School  Bonds — Preparation  of 2035  66 

School    Census 1992  57 

School  Code  Committee — 

Appointment  by  Governor 1  117 

Appropriation  for 5  118 

Compensation 4  118 

Duties   _                                                                                       3  118 


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Meetings — Organization    2  117 

Membership  of 1  117 

School  District  Bonds — 

Additional  Bond  of  County  Treasurer 2038  67 

Authority  to  Issue 2028  64 

Bond  Election 2029  65 

Bonds — Preparation  of 2035  66 

Bonds — Sale  of 2030  65 

County  Treasurer  Shall  Have  Custody  of  Funds 2037  67 

Election  to  Determine  Issue  of 2028  64 

Interest  on  Bonds — How  Paid 2034  66 

Issue  of  Bonds 2029  65 

Payment  of  Interest  on 2034  66 

Penalty  of  Misapplication  of  Funds  by  Trustees 2036  66 

Pledge  for  Payment  of 2031  65 

Proceeds  for  Sale  of  Bonds 2030  65 

Redemption  of  Bonds 2033  66 

Sale  of  Bonds 2030  65 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest 2032  65 

School  District — Organization  and  Powers — 

Annual  Election  of  Trustees 1930  36 

Auditing  and  Payment  of  Claims 1949  41 

Board  May  Remove  Scholars 1945  40 

Board  Shall  Advertise  for  Bkls 1946  41 

Bond  of  District  Treasurer 1952  42 

District   Meetings : 1935  38 

District   Officers 1930  36 

Election  of  Trustees  When  Number  Is  Increased  to 

Six    1931  37 

Electors — Powers  of 1935  38 

Employment  and  Payment  of  Teachers 1955  43 

Establishment  of  High  Schools 1953  42 

First  Election  of  Trustees — Officers  of  District 1928  36 

How  Affected  by  Changing  County  Boundaries 1972  45 

Manner  Conducting  Annual  Meeting 1939  39 

Meeting  May  Adopt  Rules  of  Order 1937  39 

Members  of  Board  May  Administer  Oaths 1944  40 

Meeting  of  Board 1942  40 

Notice  of  District  Meeting 1950  41 

Notice  of  Formation  of  New  Districts 1926  35 

Number  of  Schools  to  be  Taught 1935  38 

Oath  of  Directors 1929  36 

Object  of  Voting  Money  to  be  Designated 1935  38 

Powers  and  Duties  of  Board 1943  40 

Powers  of  District  Meeting 1935  38 


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Qualifications  of  Electors 1940  40 

Regular  Meetings  of  Board  and  Fiscal  Year 1934  37 

Sale  of  School  House 1935  38 

School  District  to  be  Body  Corporate 1933  37 

School  District  Seal ,. 1932  37 

School  House — Site  of 1935  38 

Separate  School  for  Colored  Children 1954  42 

Settlement  with  Treasurer 1947  41 

Special  District  Meeting 1950  41 

Transfer  of  School  Funds 1938  39 

Treasurer  Should  Report  to  District  Meeting 1947  41 

Vacancies  in   Board — How  Filled 1951  41 

Visiting    Committee    1948  41 

School   District  Tax — Limitation 9  95 

School  Funds — Distribution  by  County  Superintendents_l299  25 

School  House  Fund 1988  5l 

School  Land  Board 602  15 

School    Offences  .Defined — Penalty 1959  44 

School  Officers  Shall  Not  Be  Agents  for.  School  Supplies 

— Penalty    1961  45 

School  Week  and  Month  Defined i960  45 

School  Taxes — To  Whom  Paid 2405  90 

School  Year  Defined 2  121 

Scientific  Use  of  Birds  Permitted 2790  107 

Security  —  Collateral  —  May  be  Given  by  State  Deposi- 
tories   ,2491  100 

Settlement  with  Treasurer — Report  to  District  Meeting 1947  41 

Special  Cases — Powers  and  Compensation 1154  20 

Special  Certificates 2017  61 

Special  County  Elections 2110  83 

Special  District  Meetings — Requisites  of  Notice 1950  41 

Special  Elections — Who  May  Vote 2113  84 

Special  Primary  Certificates 2017  61 

Special  Technical  Certificate 2017  62 

State  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform — Secretary 443  15 

State  Board  of  Charities  and  Reform — Who  Members 436  14 

State  Board  of  Deposits 2487  97 

State  Board  of  Examiners — Discretionary  Powers 2019  62 

State    Board   of    Examiners — Shall    be    Judge    of    Equiva- 
lency   2018  62 

State  Board  of  School  Land  Commissioners — Powers  of 602  15 

State  Officers — 

Biennial  Report  Filed  When 262  9 

Contingents  of 252 

Contingent   Funds   of 251  7 


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Deputies    of    269  10 

Dishonest    Vouchers — Penalty 25  l  7 

Elected    When — Elective    Officers 2088  82 

Inventory  of  Property 268  10 

Limitation  of  Expense ± 249  6 

Receipts  to  be  Attached  to  Vouchers 25 1  7 

Records   of   Contingent   Funds    Open    to    Public    In- 
spection     251  7 

Reports  to  Governor 261  8 

Salaries  of 136  6 

Salary  Only  Compensation 263  9 

Salary  Paid  Monthly 264 

Shall  Balance  Accounts — When 260  8 

Shall  Reside  at  Capital 137  6 

Sureties  for 265  9 

State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction — 

Attorney  General  Legal  Advisor  of 145  6 

Disposition  of  Donated  Books,  Etc 134 

Disposition  of  School  Land  Funds 135 

General  Duties  of 133  4 

Must  Furnish  Form  of  Contract 2009  57 

Report  to  Governor 133  4 

Report  to  Legislature 133  4 

Shall  Conduct  Annual  State  Teachers'  Institute 120 

Shall   File   Report 133  4 

Shall   Furnish   Report   Blanks 116 

Shall  Make  Rules  and  Regulations 133  4 

Shall   Prepare    Charts   for    Physical    Examination    of 

Pupils    115 

Shall  Prepare  Course  of  Study 31 

Shall  Prescribe  Rules  for  Making  Physical  Tests 116 

State  Teachers'  Institute — 

Funds  for 2  121 

Funds — How  Paid  Out 2  121 

Held  Annually 1  120 

Object 120 

Officers — Compensation 120 

Officers — How  Appointed 120 

Secretary   and   Treasurer 120 

Treasurer  Shall  Give  Bond 120 

State    Treasurer    Authorized    to    Receive    Donations    for 

Schools    1973  47 

State  Treasurer  Shall  Keep  School  Fund 1962  45 

Submission  of  Bonding  Question  to  Electors 2066  36 


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Superintendent     of     State     Institutions     Shall     Report — 

When    262  9 

Superintendents  Unite  in  Giving  Notice 1926  36 

Supervisory  and  Appellate  Authority 1304  29 

Supplementary   Appointment 5  26 

Sureties  on  Bonds . 282  12 

Sureties  on  Official  Bonds — How  Released 285  13 

Sureties  of  State  Officials 265  9 

Sureties — Qualifications  of 1140  17 

Surplus  in  Refunding  Bond  Fund — How  Used 2049  70 

Surplus  in  Refunding  Bond  Fund — How  Used 2050  70 

Tax  for  School  Purposes 2401  88 

Tax  Levy — Detail  Illustration  of 6        93-94 

Tax  Levy — Excessive  Levy  Unlawful 96 

Tax  Levy — High  School  Bonds 2065  75 

Tax  Levy — Purposes — Limitations 2320  85 

Tax  Levy  to  Redeem  and  Pay  Interest  on  School  Bonds — 2032  65 

Tax  List — Form  of 2343  88 

Tax  to  be  Levied — County  Library 1316  32 

Tax  to  Pay  Interest  and  Principal — Refunding  Bonds 2044  68 

Taxes — How  Equalized 2403  89 

Taxes — Manner  of  Collecting _2404  90 

Teachers'  Certificates 2013        58-59 

Teachers'  Fund .. 1987  50 

Teachers'    Report A967  46 

Teachers  to  Make  Physical  Examination  of  Pupils 115 

Temporary  Certificates 2017  61 

Temporary  Certificates 2025  63 

Term  of  Bird  Certificate '. 2792  108 

Testimony — How    Taken    1161  21 

Text  Books  in  Public  Schools 2002  55 

Text    Books — State    Superintendent    of    Public    Instruc- 
tion   2008  56 

Time  for  Which  Notices  Must  be  Posted 1926  35 

Time  of  Making  County  Levy 2343  88 

Time  of  Qualifying 1136  16 

Transfer  of  School  Funds 1938  39 

Transportation    Expenses 1139  17 

Treasurer  to  Render  Statement  on  Request 1990  51 

Treasurers'  Bonds — Bondsmen  and  Sureties 281  11 

Treasurers'  Liability 2506  106 

Treasurers  Shall  Receive  District  Money 1989  51 

Triplicate  Reports  of  State  Officers 262  9 

Truancy — Duty  of  Officers 1957  43 

Truancy    Officers — Remuneration    1957  44 


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Trustees — Mileage — No  Compensation — Reports 2077  80 

Trustees — University  of  Wyoming 413  14 

Tuition — Admission  High  School 2075  79 

Tuition  Fee  May  be  Required 1945  40 

Unlawful  to  Kill  Birds — Penalty 2788  107 

Use  of  Books — County  Library 1321  34 

Vacancies  in  County  Offices — How  Filled 1137  16 

Vacancies  in  Elective  Offices — How  Made 2277  85 

Vacancy  in  Office — How  Determined 2112  83 

Vacancy  in  State  Office 2087  82 

Vacancy  on  Board  of  Trustees — How  Filled 1 195 1  41 

Vaccination — Penalty  for  Neglecting 2940  108 

Visiting   Committee    1948  41 

Visits  of  County  Superintendents 1302  28 

Vouchers    251  7 

When  Board  May  Advertise  for  Bids 1946  41 

Woman  Suffrage 2274  84 


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